squabbling

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Squabbling among the opposition, “doesn’t help,” said Nigel Gould-Davies, a former British ambassador to Belarus and senior fellow for Russia & Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

Squabbling among Iberia’s Christian kings caused their alliance to collapse.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Squabbling over details has become a feature of U.N. climate conferences as well as discussions around corporate sustainability, said Matthew Archer, a professor of sustainability at the University of York in the United Kingdom.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2022

Squabbling ensued, with both candidates talking over each other, prompting moderator Sophie Raworth to intervene.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2022

Squabbling about music, carping, and fighting, and biting about it, have in the past done much harm to Trinity Church.

From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus