spat
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But the public spat that ensued told a very different story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky will skip this year's Ukraine Recovery Conference hosted in Poland, Kyiv announced Tuesday, amid a spiralling diplomatic spat between the allies and neighbours over World War II memory.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
The nasty spat culminated in April when Shell agreed to resign as president of Paramount Skydance to concentrate on his legal headache.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
And Tusk is seeking to dampen the spat, appealing to both Zelensky and Nawrocki to have "a direct and honest conversation" before things spiral out of hand.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Hannah laughed out loud and spat half a mouth of eggs across the table.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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