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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

We bicker about them, but the majority of Americans aren’t in the streets protesting.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

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

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

Usually when we’re together, he and my mom just bicker.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

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

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2024

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

Other leagues compromise, grow and prosper while baseball bickers and battles and points its fingers at each other on a path toward national irrelevancy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2022

Believe it or not, Jodie Foster’s relatable dramedy about a family who bickers, sobs and seriously questions why they bother sharing a table is rooted in science fiction.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

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

These past few months they’ve bickered and argued and gone back and forth.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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

This, friends, is exactly what the speech was meant to accomplish — myopic 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

Once such disdain for a settlement becomes possible, the SEC’s ability to set a clear standard for future conduct is greatly compromised, and continuing bickering becomes likely after any settlement.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

The bickering swelled into multiple voices at once.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman


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