squabble

Example Sentences

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When labor-management disputes interrupt baseball, many fans undoubtedly feel like they are victims of a squabble between “millionaires and billionaires.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

There was a time when the public picked a team in the Murdoch family’s squabble.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

This makes Anthropic’s squabble with the Pentagon over the use of its tools even more disturbing and shortsighted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

And like in any squabble, there will be a winner and a loser.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 25, 2026

We squabble in whispers and monosyllables about whose turn it is to wash: drying with a clammy tea towel isn’t as good as washing, which warms up your hands.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood