infighting
noun
in·fight·ing
ˈin-ˌfī-tiŋ 
1
: prolonged and often bitter dissension or rivalry among members of a group or organization
bureaucratic infighting
2
: rough-and-tumble fighting
3
: fighting or boxing at close quarters
Examples of infighting in a Sentence
continued infighting has just completely robbed that political action committee of its effectiveness
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The debate continues as the party wrangles with internal divisions and infighting in deciding what political direction to go in next.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill, stalled for days by Republican infighting over spending cuts, won approval from a key congressional committee on May 18 to advance toward possible passage in the House of Representatives later this week.
—Susan Heavey, USA Today, 19 May 2025
The reader who perseveres through hundreds of pages of bureaucratic infighting and military history in the hopes of fresh insight into later, more familiar chapters of American intelligence will be disappointed.
—James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
For Trump, the shifts were also notable because both came amid a wave of reports of infighting and distrust in the upstart administration.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 1 May 2025
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill, stalled for days by Republican infighting over spending cuts, won approval from a key congressional committee on May 18 to advance toward possible passage in the House of Representatives later this week.
—Susan Heavey, USA Today, 19 May 2025
The reader who perseveres through hundreds of pages of bureaucratic infighting and military history in the hopes of fresh insight into later, more familiar chapters of American intelligence will be disappointed.
—James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
For Trump, the shifts were also notable because both came amid a wave of reports of infighting and distrust in the upstart administration.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 1 May 2025
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“Infighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infighting. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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