flame war

Example Sentences

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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.

From Reuters

In a subdued celebration, President Vladimir Putin laid roses at the Eternal Flame war memorial.

From BBC

In a slimmed-down celebration, Putin will lay flowers at the Eternal Flame war memorial outside the Kremlin walls and deliver a speech.

From Reuters

There were slippery slopes, faulty analogies, straw men galore and the gleeful identifying of said fallacies that is endemic to any message board flame war.

From New York Times

Naturally, there will be those eternal conspiracists who declare archly that the entire Betsy Ross flame war was started on purpose by Nike for publicity.

From The Guardian