shouting match
Example Sentences
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Bessent responded that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees bank license applications, was an independent entity before the testimony descended into a shouting match.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Some reports suggested there had been a "shouting match".
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
And I was in the Capitol a couple days ago when a shouting match broke out.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025
The two haven’t seen each other in years, after an argument about money on their anniversary ended in a messy shouting match in the middle of the street.
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025
Behind me, where the casino boat was moored, a shouting match had erupted.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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