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
At this, Tori attempts to rationally reason with her former friend, asking to agree to disagree on their feud and leave it in the past.
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Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
As the feud with Syria's most powerful family grew, she was forced into exile.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Earlier this year, Owens exited the Daily Wire after a very public feud with the online outlet’s co-founder Ben Shapiro over the Israel-Hamas war.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The foodie feud between Ina Garten and Martha Stewart continues on, with the former refuting Stewart’s story about their falling out.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
As the feud with Syria's most powerful family grew, she was forced into exile.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Earlier this year, Owens exited the Daily Wire after a very public feud with the online outlet’s co-founder Ben Shapiro over the Israel-Hamas war.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The foodie feud between Ina Garten and Martha Stewart continues on, with the former refuting Stewart’s story about their falling out.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Man started firing gun during 'family dispute' that escalated The shooting and stabbing sent four people to the hospital: one woman with life-threatening injuries and two men and one teenage boy in stable condition, police said.Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Some states, including California and New York, allow for discovery, or the gathering of evidence from various parties to learn about the facts of a dispute, before a lawsuit has been filed.Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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The key is to keep communication clear and avoid overreacting to petty quarrels and misunderstandings.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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However, authorities in Ginzan Onsen, as in more famous destinations such as Kyoto and Mount Fuji, have become fed up with a rise in road problems, quarrels and other nuisances.AFP, Fortune Asia, 23 Dec. 2024
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The man, whose name has not yet been released, arrived at the airport with multiple firearms and was arrested following a brief altercation with police, according to Reeson.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Like the airport sketch, this was also a new edition of a prior sketch from last year, the traffic altercation featuring Quinta Brunson.Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Open dialogue can help prevent misunderstandings later.Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Easier said than done with Mars retrograde in your seventh house of relationships — hiccups, misunderstandings and general awkwardness is all the more likely at this time.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Welcome to the heated and ongoing controversy about this weighty matter.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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The controversy began after negotiations over the 2025 agreements failed, prompting the teams to file their legal dispute on October 2, 2024, in the Western District of North Carolina.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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The president-elect has also vowed to issue an executive order ending birthright citizenship, setting up a constitutional clash over the 14th Amendment that could wind up at the Supreme Court. 2.Zachary Basu, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
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One of Ohio State's two losses this season came at the hands of the Ducks in a mid-October clash, where Oregon prevailed 32-21.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 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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People with ovaries experience menopause, the life stage when your menstrual cycle has stopped for 12 months in a row.Merve Ceylan, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
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But Young and the Panthers picked themselves up and went on for a 20-17 overtime win, handing the Giants their fifth loss in a row during a skid that has since reached 10 games.Joseph Person, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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