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The calls continued a string of testy discussions between Trump and Netanyahu, including one just last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

In sometimes testy exchanges with OpenAI's lawyers, and indeed the judge, he has argued Altman and fellow executive Greg Brockman "stole a charity" by pursuing profit-generating initiatives he felt went against its founding mission.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Pakistan shares a 900-km border with Iran, with whom it has maintained warm -- if sometimes testy -- relations, with the countries sharing significant cultural and trade ties.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

When I asked the Vermont Independent what could be done to return to some semblance of normalcy, he seemed testy, waved his hands and said, “We’re doing the best we can.”

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026

Already his teacher was getting testy as more pupils vanished out of the classroom to go to work in the fields now that the weather had really and truly turned toward warm.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Exchanges at the Supreme Court are getting testier, as one this week between Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Ketanji Brown Jackson attests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

It can check to see if Cheryl is downloading bulk cloud data or run a sentiment analysis on Tom’s emails to see if he’s getting testier over time.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2022

Aside from the tone—everyone involved seemed a bit testier than usual—not much was new.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2019

And the ongoing Netflix fight got even testier this year with the streaming service pulling its slate to protest the festival's rules requiring that all films in competition have theatrical release in France.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2018

I’m crankier and testier than I should be with someone who just saved my life.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Even our testiest writers knew she was on their side.

From Golf Digest ● Dec. 16, 2019

Now with relations between Washington and Ankara going through one of their testiest periods in recent memory, he may find it even tougher to get those dual messages across when he visits on Wednesday.

From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2016

He will simplify his schedule in order to make room for America’s oldest and testiest orchestra.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 27, 2016

Strikingly, some of the testiest exchanges of the evening came on issues where the differences among the candidates were largely a matter of degree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2015

Just ask one of the most inventive rappers of the day, who also happens to be one of the bawdiest and the testiest — Ms. Minaj.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2014