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Recent Examples of spat
Noun
The diplomatic spat between Israel and some European leaders burst into the open this week. Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024 The spat’s timing is terrible for consumers, the result of an impasse that came after the companies haggled for weeks over the carriage fees Disney receives for its programming. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
Verb
South Carolina was on the east bank and Georgia on the west; the temperature was in the fifties, and gray clouds spat water in our faces. Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023 Beyoncé just as effectively snarled and spat, working her voice into a throaty rasp or frantic lather that implied serious consequences for challengers and haters. Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for spat 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spat
Noun
  • An Arkansas State Police officer was arrested Tuesday following an altercation with his wife. Sgt.
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Embiid got into an altercation with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes after the 76ers’ loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Milo and Roman are bickering over their shared room, and Justin is eager to celebrate his special day.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
  • On Monday, after Rodgers and former head coach Robert Saleh had spent several months bickering over topics such as unexcused absences and cadence, the irritable quarterback won out again.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The farmers’ quarrels with vampires make sense, especially in smaller cattle herds, where losing even one cow can significantly hurt a farmer’s livelihood.
    Sebastian Stockmaier, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Khodr was concerned about rising tensions between the two communities competing for limited aid, and opened separate shelters to avoid quarrels; fifty-nine for Lebanese and five for Syrians.
    Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The political scientist Joseph Nye has argued that these American ideals are a core component of U.S. soft power.
    Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Eichner argued that building what zoning allowed would mean a market-rate development — that is, condos.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Ties have been at their lowest point in decades amid disputes over trade, technology, Taiwan and Chinese aggression in the South China Sea.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The strike began just over a month after CEO Kelly Ortberg took the helm of the company, which in 2024, had major issues with safety, a plea agreement and settlement for fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, and another labor dispute with its onsite firefighters.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Prisoners will keep fighting fires, too, with convicts able to win early-release credits on the fire lines.
    Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Tyson has not fought professionally since losing to Kevin McBride in the sixth round in 2005.
    Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The controversy began Thursday when Moulton spoke with The New York Times and implied that some of the Democratic Party’s policy positions on transgender rights contributed to the election losses of Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Wolk herself responded to the controversy by tweeting a bunch, naturally.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • At the start, the Peaky Blinders (the gang gets their name from their newsboy caps, worn with razorblades sewn into the brims for easy mutilating of enemies) are minor players, collecting protection fees and brawling with drunks throughout the neighborhood of Small Heath.
    Charley Locke, WIRED, 6 July 2016
  • Arab nations that had spent decades brawling with Iran for regional influence are now opting to engage with it again.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024

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“Spat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spat. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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