shouting match

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Bessent responded that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees bank license applications, was an independent entity before the testimony descended into a shouting match.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

And I was in the Capitol a couple days ago when a shouting match broke out.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025

A new report from Axios details a shouting match between Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that was first reported in the New York Times earlier this month.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2025

When Cohen testified, he got into a brief shouting match with one of Mr Trump's attorneys after she repeatedly called his credibility into doubt.

From BBC • May 7, 2024

Then Mr. Larson led a rousing class discussion, more like a shouting match, about which kind of editorial treatment was best.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements