spat
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Sheinbaum later said at her daily press conference that the former official at the center of the spat, ex-prime minister Betssy Chavez, was being flown on Friday aboard a Mexican military plane to Mexico.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Police investigators learned that a man had spat on a Tesla that was stopped at the intersection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the most extreme case, at one point it gave me less than 10 seconds to figure out a puzzle before a character spat out the solution.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
But the public spat that ensued told a very different story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The Dragon howled with rage and spat a wall of flame that singed Rowan's hair and eyebrows.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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In a reminder of the delicate nature of their ties, diplomats between the two countries last week spatted over a South Korean lawmaker’s visit to disputed islets located in the waters between the two countries.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023
But later on the third night, Lady Beatty spatted with Frankie and drove off in a Huff.*
From Time Magazine Archive
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They had tried, these attendants, to expound, from time to time, on various objects to the spatted or braceleted clients of Scott and Fowles.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Luxe is a clumsily tender Arcadi an idyl, the Isle of Cythera transferred to an as yet unpopular St.-Tropez, spatted with dots of neo-impressionist light.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He rocks forward on his spatted feet and squeezes out a real tear.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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I’m sure if I looked hard enough, I could find some subsection of the dinosaur community where people are spatting over science or fighting about feathers and scales.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
Then he turned and watched Freeman — with heavy spatting tape wrapped around his sprained right ankle — hobble across home plate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024
Nelson, a Flower Mound Republican, said Monday of her House counterparts, “We’re not spatting with them.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2015
Thanks to the magic of Twitter, we can now experience all of the spinning, spatting, and snarking from both sides of the aisle in real time.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2014
Theodosia went on spatting her balls of golden butter on the print in silence.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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