shouting match
noun
: a loud, angry argument in which people shout at each other
He got into a shouting match with his neighbor.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the other hand, wound up getting into a shouting match with Trump after challenging his stance on the Russian invasion.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
The rejection of Russia’s offer comes as Mr. Zelensky has found himself on somewhat surer ground with the Trump administration in cease-fire talks, mending relations after a disastrous Oval Office shouting match in February.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The public portion of the meeting escalated into a shouting match, ending in Zelensky being kicked out of the White House without a mineral deal being signed.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
The Ukrainian leader suffered a major blow when he got embroiled in a shouting match with Trump and Vance at a White House meeting in February.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
The previously staid affair notably devolved into a shouting match in 2009, when then-President Barack Obama was presenting the health care plan that would eventually become the 2010 Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The letter comes after Zelensky and Trump's shouting match at the Oval Office last week.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
With some notable exceptions — such as the Oval Office shouting match between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — many foreign leaders have steered clear of public confrontations with Trump in order to avoid angering a powerful ally and becoming the target of new tariffs.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
This can keep an interpersonal argument from spiraling out of control into a shouting match.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
The rejection of Russia’s offer comes as Mr. Zelensky has found himself on somewhat surer ground with the Trump administration in cease-fire talks, mending relations after a disastrous Oval Office shouting match in February.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The public portion of the meeting escalated into a shouting match, ending in Zelensky being kicked out of the White House without a mineral deal being signed.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
The Ukrainian leader suffered a major blow when he got embroiled in a shouting match with Trump and Vance at a White House meeting in February.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
The previously staid affair notably devolved into a shouting match in 2009, when then-President Barack Obama was presenting the health care plan that would eventually become the 2010 Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The letter comes after Zelensky and Trump's shouting match at the Oval Office last week.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
With some notable exceptions — such as the Oval Office shouting match between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — many foreign leaders have steered clear of public confrontations with Trump in order to avoid angering a powerful ally and becoming the target of new tariffs.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
This can keep an interpersonal argument from spiraling out of control into a shouting match.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Shouting match.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shouting%20match. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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