family feud

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He said the charge stemmed from a family feud after his mother died, and he took a plea deal on the advice of his lawyer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

‘The relationship I have with my sister is the most powerful in my life,’ Wynonna Judd said amid speculation of a family feud over Naomi Judd’s will.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Their father's death in 2021 sparked a bitter family feud over the succession.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023

I moved home expecting family support, not a family feud.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2023

Hardred took pity on the two young men, doomed to wander the face of the earth because of a family feud.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye