Noun
got into a little tiff about what color sheets to buy for their bed Verb
like any couple, they occasionally tiff, but it's never anything serious
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The story behind ExxonMobil’s current tiff began last December when Arjuna Capital and Follow This submitted a resolution calling on the company to accelerate its emissions reduction plans.—Justin Worland, TIME, 28 May 2024 The online tiff began when Swalwell posted to the social media site X about a postal worker being robbed in the East Bay.—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024 Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra Sinatra, a dozen years younger than Crosby, was inspired by the crooner and as his star rose, the media attempted to create a tiff between the two in the 1940s.—James Powel, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024 Call it a spud spat or tater tiff, but in the back offices of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, there is talk of removing the potato’s designation as a vegetable and recategorizing it as a grain.—San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tiff
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