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squabble

[skwob-uhl] / ˈskwɒb əl /




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There was a time when the public picked a team in the Murdoch family’s squabble.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

This makes Anthropic’s squabble with the Pentagon over the use of its tools even more disturbing and shortsighted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

And like in any squabble, there will be a winner and a loser.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 25, 2026

Chessum embraced England team manager Richard Hill with a scream of delight as Van der Merwe tangled with some of the home side in the final squabble of a spicy encounter.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025

Jake and the two operators had a squabble.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers