bicker
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Michigan boils on and every college football podcast on Earth will have something to bicker about until Lane Kiffin does another goofy thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
As they bicker and jab, their quiet dissatisfaction with their lives stops being so quiet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
But they can still take steps to reduce tension when older couples bicker about money.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
"While Americans bicker, our rivals are studying David's every move," billionaire Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff chimed in.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
All the ladies come to sell and bicker.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
The two are practically surrogate siblings; unlike Jade, with whom Riley bickers constantly, Mia is the cool big sister he wishes he had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
The Palace of Westminster sits in a state of dangerous decay, with chunks of masonry tumbling off its walls, as Parliament bickers over a renovation that could take decades and cost more than $20 billion.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Believe it or not, Jodie Foster’s relatable dramedy about a family who bickers, sobs and seriously questions why they bother sharing a table is rooted in science fiction.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
Hence his decision to insinuate himself into “Riccardino” as “Author,” who periodically bickers with his own creation, Montalbano, about where the story is going and how the case should be solved.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021
Grass cools the earth, but it also bickers with me over water.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
When his daughters bickered in the past, he’d want to “give them advice or de-escalate their conflict.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
That same month, Trump made an unusual visit to the construction site during which the two men, clad in hard hats, bickered over the price tag for the makeover.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
Heavyweight Jeamie 'TKV' Tshikeva said Frazer Clarke is "fighting for his career", while Clarke questioned TKV's previous injury as they bickered at a tense news conference.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
My grandmother and her sister bickered over everything their whole lives, so I think their mother knew better than to leave it to them to decide things.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025
He waited while they bickered over what to do.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
Her popular podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me is full of gossip, oversharing and comic bickering - music to the ears of the Traitors producers, no doubt.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
It was far from certain the country would respond as it did after 9/11, for there was plenty of the usual political bickering going on in the nation’s capital at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
So it becomes one more point of bickering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
One way a court can handle rumors of interpersonal bickering is to stop behaving badly in public sessions.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Nathaniel had parents, and two sisters; their house was noisy with bickering and laughter.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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