squabbled
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Top Republican and Democratic lawyers squabbled over the details of Civil War “field voting,” when ballots were collected from Union soldiers and transported back home after the election.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The boxers squabbled like petulant schoolchildren at a news conference in February, with Eubank holding court, taking aim at everyone in his eyeline, including Benn and Hearn.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
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
Executives at Mistral, meanwhile, squabbled online with a researcher from an Elon Musk-backed nonprofit that aims to prevent “existential risk” from AI.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
White men squabbled before judges over claims to this or that tract hundreds of miles away that had been carved up on a map.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
