spats
Example Sentences
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Even before either of them was born, the Spencers and the Windsors, two aristocratic families, had years of splits and spats.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Two days later, the G-20 finance ministers’ gathering comes to a close amid a global bond-market selloff, spats over tariffs, public insults and fighting over a group photo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Right now, I couldn’t buy spats for a hummingbird.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The prince has also been involved in other legal spats, including over his police protection in the UK.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
After seeing JT’s parents, his father so angry and vicious and his mother as passive as a wallflower, my family’s little spats seemed like a child’s game.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
