quarrel

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Around 436 B.C., a “quarrel in a faraway county” of which neither Athenians nor Spartans knew much broke out into civil war in the colony of Epidamnus.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We need a regular government and they are quarrelling ... This is nonsense."

From Reuters

This type of violence was considered “a crime of passion,” as if the brutal killing of a woman were simply a quarrel between lovers.

From Washington Post

The quarrel led to the departure of the school’s president, Teresa Sullivan, but she returned two weeks later after widespread campus protests.

From Washington Post

But as the union and Starbucks continue to quarrel over the terms for negotiations, and the company fights unionization at its stores, it’s not clear whether a contract is within reach.

From Washington Post