squabbled

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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

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

Executives at Mistral, meanwhile, squabbled online with a researcher from an Elon Musk-backed nonprofit that aims to prevent “existential risk” from AI.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023

We squabbled now and then, as families will.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate