spats
Example Sentences
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Prone to social media outbursts, grandiloquent speeches and public spats, Petro has burned through more than 60 ministers in four years.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
There have been internal spats, members booted out and an embarrassing leak of an online council meeting.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
There are spats and hugs, frolics and bonding, and not much thrust to the tale.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
When Larry chokes on a crudité at the party, all of those spats are moot.
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025
He decided to put the spats away in the box when he got home and not wear them again until they moved to a more decent neighborhood.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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