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verb

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Recent Examples of spat
Noun
Musk’s call to release Robinson has caused a spat with Farage and is sadly indicative of the limitations of Musk’s political judgment and instinct. John Gustavsson, National Review, 14 Jan. 2025 That led to a very public spat that pitted Musk and business interests against California regulators. John Hyatt, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
The teenager first asked the hotel to forgive him, the lawsuit said, but soon flew into a rage, screaming that the hotel was antisemitic and that its employees spat in people’s food. Liam Stack, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023 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 See all Example Sentences for spat 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spat
Noun
  • Video shown in court in November showed a group of men, two of whom officials identified as Rocky and Ephron, involved in a verbal altercation, according to The Associated Press.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Zarka was accused of fatally stabbing Garrity to death after the two engaged in a physical altercation.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Noun
  • The heads of corporate branding cook up a brief, a design firm answers with a litany of slides, and, after iterations, interventions, and internal quarrels, the sign arrives in the physical plane, with glossy acrylic letterforms and antiseptic light.
    Laura Preston, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • The key is to keep communication clear and avoid overreacting to petty quarrels and misunderstandings.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Those years of tinkering on wider use cases, Lin argued, have now paid off as Clay’s software is more technically robust and capable of handling new AI features than a new entrant would.
    Alex Konrad, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • On Wednesday, Medina pleaded for leniency, with his lawyer Joseph Veith arguing that his client returned to his old habits of fraud on 2023 after seven years staying out of trouble because of his gambling addiction and mental illness.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • City officials did not say what set off the dispute.
    Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Since then, the reality TV stars have faced issues with the sale of their Georgia home and have had some domestic disputes.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Despite the order from Biden, 82, both Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and now-President Trump, 78, fought to have the flags raised for the inauguration, which fell within the 30-day mourning period.
    Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
  • But Wong fought his case all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled on March 28, 1898, that the 14th Amendment guaranteed U.S. citizenship to Wong and any other person born on U.S. soil.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Now, Corbet has weighed in on the controversy himself in a statement to Deadline.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Their belief in that, and a conservative media buoying his message, helped insulate him from the kind of consequences that have sunk most other politicians following controversy and misdeeds.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • After the match, Rhodes and Owens brawled on a production crate, leading to Rhodes spearing Owens through a table.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Several hours after members of Michigan and Ohio State's football team brawled over a flag-plant at midfield, a similar incident occurred in North Carolina.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024

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“Spat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spat. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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