squabble
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If one does not appreciate the nature and importance of the squabble, Freidenberg maintained, one cannot really grasp how totalitarianism poisons every moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
There was a time when the public picked a team in the Murdoch family’s squabble.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
And like in any squabble, there will be a winner and a loser.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 25, 2026
The Olympians’ defense frustrated Palos Verdes quarterback Ryan Rakowski, who was ejected with 11:41 left after getting into a squabble with Leuzinger linebacker Samu Moala.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
He and Hermione had finally forgotten their squabble about Crookshanks in the face of Harry’s difficulties.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
The voices of the characters come through as though we’re eavesdropping from a discreet distance on their banter and squabbles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
And as the oldest baby boomers turn 80, an age when health issues tend to become more complex, family squabbles over eldercare will likely increase, experts say.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Her teenage characters are more preoccupied with crushes and exams than bombs and checkpoints, and their daily squabbles and concerns helped give the show "universal" appeal.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
With routines off-kilter and excitement running high squabbles can break out between siblings as well as cousins or friends they may not see regularly.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
"Look, this is not my problem. You all can sort out your family squabbles and leave my family way out of it."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
This year, I squabbled more about this mean and grisly pandemic satire than any other movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Her in-laws and her own father squabbled over who bore the financial burden of supporting her and her daughters, for Handsome Charlie had left his household in debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
The boxers squabbled like petulant schoolchildren at a news conference in February, with Eubank holding court, taking aim at everyone in his eyeline, including Benn and Hearn.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
O'Donnell and Trump have squabbled publicly and repeatedly since her first stint as a co-host on ABC's "The View."
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
Caged animals squabbled with us through the bars.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Instead, industry mismanagement and a punishing economic depression left PdVSA and its partner squabbling over payments, according to people familiar with the business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
An issue like that can intensify the squabbling when a death occurs in the family.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Up to this point he had formed an uneasy relationship with the Masters, regularly squabbling with the unrelenting undulations of the famed course.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
His successor, Charles I, ultimately couldn’t avoid the Thirty Years’ War on the Continent; his squabbling with Parliament helped lead to the rebellion and civil war that engulfed Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Nine kids shared a one-story, 1,400-square-foot home, sleeping three to a room and squabbling over one bathroom.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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