spat

Police investigators learned that a man had spat on a Tesla that was stopped at the intersection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

A nasty spat over a huge collection of allegedly stolen Star Wars Lego sets has turned this quiet suburb upside down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Earlier, prior to this spat emerging in public, the prime minister's official spokesman said: "The prime minister and all ministers remain in office and the normal business of government continues."

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Canadians thought the spat had been resolved when Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on June 9 that the bridge would officially open in three days.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Zethes and Cal spat the ice plugs out of their mouths.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

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

The rift began, bleated keyhole journalism's grand old man, when ex-Bootlegger-Speakeasier Billingsley, whose flossy Stork Club got much of its floss from Winchell's ceaseless plugs, spatted with Winchell over a pack of cigarettes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Again Publisher Bonfils refused to answer, clapped his derby upon his greying head, walked out on spatted feet.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rocks forward on his spatted feet and squeezes out a real tear.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

He also determined that the supportive spatting tape he had been wearing around his ankle no longer was doing much good, ditching the method after noticing it put extra pressure on the injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 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

It is still maintained by some, however, that there has been a succession of bad spatting years, and that the supply may yet reach to something of its old proportions.

From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Muskett, Philip E.