bickering
Example Sentences
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“You’ve seen the history with the bickering back and forth and we have to move forward past that,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
There was much intra-Senate grousing and griping and bickering in the days preceding Friday morning’s vote.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA, England—The bickering started before we left London.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
After some long-winded bickering between the two camps, the fighters - relatively restrained until that point - finally sparked into life.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
I stopped eating in the house, even on the weekends, because without Clara’s catalyzing presence there was no reason why I should put up with my children’s bickering.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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