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quarrel

[kwawr-uhl, kwor-] / ˈkwɔr əl, ˈkwɒr- /




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"Cuba has no quarrel with the United States. We do have the need and the right to protect ourself. But we are willing to sit down," Fernandez de Cossio said.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Maksim, eight, lists everything he has learnt in his patriotic education lessons: about great Russian poets and painters, about friendship and how not to quarrel.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The quarrel became so fiery that Lee MacPhail, the American League president, shifted Luciano off Orioles games.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

She’s not in the center of a quarrel.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

It was clear that this was not a thwarted romance or a quarrel with a friend, the usual cause for the weeping of young girls.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry