squabble
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The final product in “Remake” is a combination of the two styles, with the loving squabble between a father and his son left in the middle.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Long may we squabble over the meaning of America; the freedom to differ helps define who we are.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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
One day there was a squabble in which Grover’s nose got clawed; Ken lost a star-shaped patch of fur.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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
Ford told reporters on Monday that the neighbourly squabbles can be maddening.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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
Out of 125 papyri recording contemporary legal cases, fully 20 percent involve personal squabbles between individual Greeks and Egyptians.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Top Republican and Democratic lawyers squabbled over the details of Civil War “field voting,” when ballots were collected from Union soldiers and transported back home after the election.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
This year, I squabbled more about this mean and grisly pandemic satire than any other movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
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
And as Leclerc then squabbled with the recovering Sainz, and the Ferraris then ran into tyre trouble before Mercedes and Verstappen, Russell stretched out his lead to take control of the race.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2024
They teased and squabbled and chased each other, jumping over my sleeping mat and a little table I’d made.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
She hands out camping chairs, decides when it is safe to use the escalator, and de-escalates spats between people squabbling over a patch of floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
An issue like that can intensify the squabbling when a death occurs in the family.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
"He's looking after us while me and Jude are squabbling with each other," Rogers said.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
One cannot avoid squabbling, she wrote, because it constitutes “the natural state of people pitted against each other, helplessly furious people.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
When people were squabbling over some little matter, he would settle the argument wisely.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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