squabble
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However, he has avoided picking a side in the messy merger squabble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
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
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
And like in any squabble, there will be a winner and a loser.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 25, 2026
A squabble would ensue until they all became aware of the watchful eye of Cluny.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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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
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
Pondering the loss of a spouse tends to put money squabbles in perspective.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
Penkovsky also gave the CIA and MI6 a wealth of information about the Soviet leadership, including both rumors and concrete information about political squabbles inside the Kremlin and the Soviet military hierarchy.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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This year, I squabbled more about this mean and grisly pandemic satire than any other movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Parton’s in-laws and her own father squabbled over who bore the financial burden of supporting Parton 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
Flocks of crows squabbled noisily over each head, thick as flies.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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An issue like that can intensify the squabbling when a death occurs in the family.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 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
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
In other years the little house had buzzed with the teasing and squabbling and hilarity of a crowd of young people.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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