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Ortiz continued to bicker with Dillman later in the day when he tried to schedule a future hearing in the case for July, demanding he “do it sooner.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

These days, pastel and fluorescent birds groom, preen and bicker in enclosures behind the home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

But they can still take steps to reduce tension when older couples bicker about money.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

"While Americans bicker, our rivals are studying David's every move," billionaire Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff chimed in.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

Sheed stopped at the statue base and watched the sisters bicker as usual.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

The two are practically surrogate siblings; unlike Jade, with whom Riley bickers constantly, Mia is the cool big sister he wishes he had.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

The Palace of Westminster sits in a state of dangerous decay, with chunks of masonry tumbling off its walls, as Parliament bickers over a renovation that could take decades and cost more than $20 billion.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022

Then there are the never-ending bar bickers over who was better — say, the late Henry Aaron or Willie Mays?

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2021

Whatever irritations they have — like a long-married couple that bickers — they should work out.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2020

Grass cools the earth, but it also bickers with me over water.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

The Emiratis looked on as the Washington crowd bickered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

That same month, Trump made an unusual visit to the construction site during which the two men, clad in hard hats, bickered over the price tag for the makeover.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026

My grandmother and her sister bickered over everything their whole lives, so I think their mother knew better than to leave it to them to decide things.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025

They raised their kids in the Bowl and sometimes bickered over politics and annoyances, as any proper family does.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

While Dozer and Duke bickered, Big Tony reached in and clipped a leash to Duke’s collar.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Like many long-married spouses, they seem to treat bickering as a love language.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Its cast includes the bickering members of a Sri Lankan hotel cleaner’s family, insecure American freshmen, dead-end third-tier college professors and their highflying Ivy League counterparts and dispirited university functionaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

So it becomes one more point of bickering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

One way a court can handle rumors of interpersonal bickering is to stop behaving badly in public sessions.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Of course, there’s sometimes a reason to have a “real” quarrel, but the verbal exchanges that take place here are just plain bickering.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank