spat

Police investigators learned that a man had spat on a Tesla that was stopped at the intersection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

In the most extreme case, at one point it gave me less than 10 seconds to figure out a puzzle before a character spat out the solution.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Authorities from throughout Southern California have faced a spat of e-bike and e-motorcycle incidents, including a teen who led Orange County law enforcement on a chase last month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Pentwater Capital agrees to pay Avis Budget to resolve an unusual spat where the car rental company singled out one of its major shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

It was hard for Natalie to stand, to keep her feet planted in the shifting water, but she braced her legs and held her mother up as she coughed and spat and retched.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

In a reminder of the delicate nature of their ties, diplomats between the two countries last week spatted over a South Korean lawmaker’s visit to disputed islets located in the waters between the two countries.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023

The rift began, bleated keyhole journalism's grand old man, when ex-Bootlegger-Speakeasier Billingsley, whose flossy Stork Club got much of its floss from Winchell's ceaseless plugs, spatted with Winchell over a pack of cigarettes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Luxe is a clumsily tender Arcadi an idyl, the Isle of Cythera transferred to an as yet unpopular St.-Tropez, spatted with dots of neo-impressionist light.

From Time Magazine Archive

But later on the third night, Lady Beatty spatted with Frankie and drove off in a Huff.*

From Time Magazine Archive

He rocks forward on his spatted feet and squeezes out a real tear.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

I’m sure if I looked hard enough, I could find some subsection of the dinosaur community where people are spatting over science or fighting about feathers and scales.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026

If an argument were a tennis match, many of us would tear right through the net during a frenzy of back-and-forth spatting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022

Nelson, a Flower Mound Republican, said Monday of her House counterparts, “We’re not spatting with them.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2015

Thanks to the magic of Twitter, we can now experience all of the spinning, spatting, and snarking from both sides of the aisle in real time.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2014

To Helen Raymond, spatting along the wet slipperiness of the drenched pavements, it seemed as if it had always rained, and always would rain.

From The Tangled Threads by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)