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infighting

[in-fahy-ting] / ˈɪnˌfaɪ tɪŋ /


NOUN
rough-and-tumble
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Yet Brother offered the setting for a creative reflowering — arguably the band’s final moment of unity before the start of years of more serious infighting.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Can we really not just laugh this off as a fun show of infighting on the too-online right?

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

Agitation, on the other hand—the sort of I-told-ya-so infighting, finger-pointing, and disenchantment which followed Sunday’s rude playoff dismissal by San Francisco?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

More recently, the head of the public prosecutor's office, Advocate Shamila Bahoti, said factionalism and infighting within the police had affected how the case was investigated over the years.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Madison would actually lead the troops and do the necessary political infighting.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis