as in dispute
a long and angry conflict between two people or two groups
The workers' feud with management concerns health benefits and pay increases. Because of a family feud, they did not see each other for a decade.
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Recent Examples of feud
My wife is becoming increasingly frustrated and wants to say something to my sister, which will create a family feud.
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Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
But the spine of the story — a dramatic legal feud between two close friends over the founding of Facebook, a saga that had escaped the notice of the mainstream press — was legitimate.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
The production got into a feud with the town of Santa Rosa, Calif., and took a dig at them in the film’s credits.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
During his time in Congress, Pocan has pushed back on efforts to ban or force a sale of the popular social media app Tik Tok and was quick to address last year's attack on Israel by Hamas, which drew him into a feud with a pro-Israel group.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
But the spine of the story — a dramatic legal feud between two close friends over the founding of Facebook, a saga that had escaped the notice of the mainstream press — was legitimate.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
The production got into a feud with the town of Santa Rosa, Calif., and took a dig at them in the film’s credits.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
During his time in Congress, Pocan has pushed back on efforts to ban or force a sale of the popular social media app Tik Tok and was quick to address last year's attack on Israel by Hamas, which drew him into a feud with a pro-Israel group.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feud
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The paper trail is your best defense in case of disputes later on.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 22 Nov. 2024
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In noting that any outcome of the trial would be appealed by the losing side, Ezra effectively acknowledged Abbott's assertion at the start of the legal dispute.John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The early attack foreshadowed years of quarrels between the two, one a political novice and the other a veteran machine politician.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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Daemon has sent no ravens since his arrival; no ravens means a quarrel with the wife.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 7 July 2024
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The complaint says police reviewed security footage of the altercation, which correlated with the girlfriend's telling of the incident, That occurred about a month before Graves is alleged to have shot and killed Quincy Smith.David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
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Lucy and Future Quinn get into a physical altercation, which ultimately ends with the killer's death.Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Yes, often the processes behind enrollment were racist and fraught with misunderstanding and mismanagement.Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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However, at the counter (where agents are trained to upsell you on extras), there was a misunderstanding.Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Dealing With Labor Challenges Tree fruit crops require a good deal of hand labor and the political controversy around immigration policy has compromised the functionality of the H2A system needed to supply that labor.Steven Savage, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Patrick's jump into political commentary has not been without controversy.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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After sidestepping any possibility of Jones triggering a $23 million injury guarantee by benching the starter, the Giants are giving DeVito another audition in the nation’s biggest media market—which includes a Thanksgiving clash with the Dallas Cowboys.Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Western leaders including Biden have said that avoiding a direct clash between Russia and NATO is a top priority given the danger of nuclear war.David Brennan, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Jake is a single father who has brought Kristen up in the severe Calvinist tradition, marked by Bible disputations of Talmudic intricacy and by a radical detachment from secular and popular culture.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2023
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And yet there is one aspect of the book which was notable: a disputation of the Richard Wrangham's work in Demonic Males.Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2013
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Grocery prices for Thanksgiving dinner in the U.S. will dip again for the second year in a row, according to the annual report by the American Farm Bureau Federation.Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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Philadelphia, which has won six in a row, will play the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night.Jack Magruder, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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