squabble

When one chase scene halts as the stop-motion pursuers squabble about their battle cry, the evident labor in the aside elbows us to run with the idea that movements sabotage themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

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 two others kept their hands behind them and constantly rubbed them against each other, as if in joyful anticipation of a great squabble which must end up in their favour.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka

Jeanie Buss is as familiar with sibling squabbles as she is with the Larry O’Brien Trophy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

But talks were slowed down due to disagreement over the price, as well as squabbles within the government over how big the stake should be.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

We know this because the Murdochs’ family squabbles spilled into the news, late-night monologues and the figurative streets of social media at the height of their struggles.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

She continued: "When you take out a major leader, there's a detonation of a struggle to take control in that vacuum. So, you'll see these squabbles for power in different parts of the country."

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

Kaz didn’t know anything about espionage or government squabbles, but why should stealing Bo Yul-Bayur from the Ice Court be any different from liberating valuables from a mercher’s safe?

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

After the McCarthy speaker drama, Greene squabbled with fellow far right Rep. Lauren Boebert in the ladies room.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023

But because there were so many and the drought had cut down on their normal diet of seeds and berries, the males squabbled furiously over possession of each hackberry tree.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

An unenlightening spectacle last week saw Porter float above the fray, wearily raising her eyebrows over the squabbling among her competitors.

From Barron's ● May 5, 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

"I'm glad you moved back to the city. It was tough to concentrate on your career with all that squabbling in Ridgeford."

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins