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squabble

[skwob-uhl] / ˈskwɒb əl /




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There was a time when the public picked a team in the Murdoch family’s squabble.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

This makes Anthropic’s squabble with the Pentagon over the use of its tools even more disturbing and shortsighted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

And like in any squabble, there will be a winner and a loser.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 25, 2026

When BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg visited the court last September, Alexandrova's lawyer told him that the case had started out as an ordinary domestic squabble over land.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

Jake and the two operators had a squabble.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers