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bickering

[bik-er-ing] / ˈbɪk ər ɪŋ /
































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Its cast includes the bickering members of a Sri Lankan hotel cleaner’s family, insecure American freshmen, dead-end third-tier college professors and their highflying Ivy League counterparts and dispirited university functionaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

“I want to send them off to their room,” he joked about the brothers bickering with each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

One way a court can handle rumors of interpersonal bickering is to stop behaving badly in public sessions.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

"There were clearly arguments, bickering, clearly issues about long hours at work."

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

That night, Mariam was lying in bed when the bickering started again.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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