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flame war
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When Neera Tanden, a liberal think-tank leader and prolific presence on social media, suggested there might be a connection between the blaze and Miller’s hate-filled rhetoric, Dhillon responded like a juvenile in a flame war.
In the years after, she continued to struggle with mental health issues, admitting to issues with addiction and eating disorders, and indulged the occasional flame war with a commenter, all for the consumption of a shrinking audience.
For the most part, DeSantis has resisted in engaging in a flame war with Trump, although holding his retreat a stone’s throw from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate likely won’t go unnoticed by the former president.
Amid all the Sturm und Drang — a world champion losing a game and quitting the tournament after just three rounds; a voluble rising American star now shadowed by accusations of cheating at the highest level; rule changes that strongly implied something fishy was going on; even a social media flame war over weird accents — they did manage to play the 9th Sinquefield Cup and produce an over-the-board winner.
Michael Gerson’s June 28 op-ed, “Abortion calls for a sober debate, not a flame war,” was the most fair and balanced essay on Roe v.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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