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bicker

[bik-er] / ˈbɪk ər /


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He even had Malkovich and Rockwell do some improvisation in an airplane scene where their characters bicker over seniority and kill count.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

As they bicker and jab, their quiet dissatisfaction with their lives stops being so quiet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 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

Swallows swoop past the houses, and two doves bicker on a high gutter.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

We’re sure they have the same bickers and feuds we all have, too, and that’s comforting.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2024

A couple forms, bickers, ends — and may or may not be reborn on different terms.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

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

A village butcher bickers with the postmistress in charge of World War II ration stamps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2021

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

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

Front Office Sports reported that the pair bickered after Buck “‘broke the ice’” on the “unspoken tension” prior to the Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

As her male opponents bickered back and forth, taking swipes at each other, Porter said that given all the “shouting” and “disrespect” onstage, she was shocked that “anyone wants to talk about my temperament.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 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

Heavyweight Jeamie 'TKV' Tshikeva said Frazer Clarke is "fighting for his career", while Clarke questioned TKV's previous injury as they bickered at a tense news conference.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025

They bickered as I wandered in and out of consciousness.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Her popular podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me is full of gossip, oversharing and comic bickering - music to the ears of the Traitors producers, no doubt.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

In the meantime, there’s a lot of unwieldy comic commotion involving a missing corpse, a tweaking, naked Dwight and enough insipid TV sibling bickering to clog the airwaves for a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

It was far from certain the country would respond as it did after 9/11, for there was plenty of the usual political bickering going on in the nation’s capital at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

I wish they would stop bickering about everything.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks


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