squabble
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But this squabble between Goliaths undersells that ordinary online business and regular customers are going to find themselves at odds with each other plenty as more people start deploying these little robot gophers.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Long may we squabble over the meaning of America; the freedom to differ helps define who we are.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
When one chase scene halts as the stop-motion pursuers squabble about their battle cry, the evident labor in the aside elbows us to run with the idea that movements sabotage themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
There was a time when the public picked a team in the Murdoch family’s squabble.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
He and Hermione had finally forgotten their squabble about Crookshanks in the face of Harry’s difficulties.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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Rather than hearting nearly every mom group chat message, from dramatic notes about soccer games to missives on playground squabbles, I’m just going to do…nothing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The voices of the characters come through as though we’re eavesdropping from a discreet distance on their banter and squabbles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Ford told reporters on Monday that the neighbourly squabbles can be maddening.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Pondering the loss of a spouse tends to put money squabbles in perspective.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
When their squabbles reach a certain mother-annoying level, they are called away by their nursemaids, who sit on stools at the far end of the patio, a phalanx of starched white uniforms.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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Her in-laws and her own father squabbled over who bore the financial burden of supporting her and her daughters, for Handsome Charlie had left his household in debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
O'Donnell and Trump have squabbled publicly and repeatedly since her first stint as a co-host on ABC's "The View."
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
And as Leclerc then squabbled with the recovering Sainz, and the Ferraris then ran into tyre trouble before Mercedes and Verstappen, Russell stretched out his lead to take control of the race.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2024
After the McCarthy speaker drama, Greene squabbled with fellow far right Rep. Lauren Boebert in the ladies room.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Caged animals squabbled with us through the bars.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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After a decade of stalled negotiations, public squabbling and false starts, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will finally meet in the ring on 11 December at Cardiff's Principality Stadium.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
An issue like that can intensify the squabbling when a death occurs in the family.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
An unenlightening spectacle last week saw Porter float above the fray, wearily raising her eyebrows over the squabbling among her competitors.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Cue a montage of the two of them squabbling that, alas, sets the tone for this movie, which drones much more often than it soars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
When people were squabbling over some little matter, he would settle the argument wisely.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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