as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily
this discussion is so silly we might as well altercate on how many angels can dance on the point of a needle
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Lovers bicker back and forth in angelic proclamations.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025 -
The latest fracas between bickering foes India and Pakistan has finally ended after a resolution was resolved following months of warring almost jeopardized the upcoming Champions Trophy.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Democrats in the state have criticized the plan, though, and have instead argued Tennessee should dip into its cash reserves to grant the funds outright.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
3 Feb. 2025
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The shooting The surviving victim said prior to the shooting Navarro had been arguing with her mother and said this was something that happened often, a Kansas City police detective wrote in court documents.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2025
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In response, in the 2024 election, 22 states with strong public support, voted to fight climate change, approving billions of dollars in new spending.—
Stanley S. Litow,
New York Daily News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Other countries gave natural elements rights in efforts to fight climate change.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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Khrushchev’s comrades did cite his misadventures during the Cuban missile crisis and his quarreling with China among reasons for his ouster.—
Sergey Radchenko,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2022
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People quarrel while pumpkins grow round on thick green vines.—
Laurel Snyder,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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In a visit to Los Angeles Friday to survey wildfire damage, President Donald Trump promised federal aid for fire victims and clashed with local leaders on environmental issues, vowing to order more water to Southern California from rivers in the state’s north.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Jan. 2025
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In summary, the two stars finally came to blows, verbally, after a season that saw Whitfield and Hassan clash incessantly.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
24 Jan. 2025
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
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The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
15 May 2024
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Few, however, dispute DeepSeek’s stunning capabilities.—
Billy Perrigo,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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Trump made a claim Monday that an American split the first atom, which was immediately disputed by New Zealanders.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Jan. 2025
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The two began to brawl on the track and were nearly struck by fellow rider Anthony Castaneda and other bikers.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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History records that Lomax did actually brawl with Grossman.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2024
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