quibbling

The ongoing quibbling over whether "The Bear" is a comedy or a drama received a new splash of accelerant when the FX series landed 23 Emmy Award nominations on Wednesday.

In some places that are slightly more exurban or rural, some people were quibbling with the politics in the sense that people were siding with the folks in the meeting over me a little bit.

The emails show senior executives quibbling over budgets and head counts while also acknowledging regulatory threats related to their handling of teenage users.

A review of the transcripts shows that there was virtually no carping, quibbling or grousing among attorneys during the trial.

Imagine, quibbling over style points in what was forecast as a season to forget.