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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The action got heated on the ice during the men’s curling contest between Canada and Sweden on Friday, resulting in a shouting match between the two sides.
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
The hearing lasted over five hours, with nearly every round of questioning from a Democrat reverting to a monologue from the questioner or a shouting match.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2026
That’s when Hynes called Samuels-Thomas over for a shouting match.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Freeman’s wife, Joanna, was also accused of getting into a shouting match with Fleeger before police intervened, according to the paper.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
And that explosive screening Avary claims to have heard about, the one where Kubrick supposedly got into a shouting match with studio execs?
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
According to the book, the couple had gotten into a shouting match, with Scorsese throwing a glass of red wine across at the room at Minnelli, which smashed on a chandelier.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
In another acrimonious scene the same day, a conversation between a Republican congressman and the leader of House Democrats devolved into a shouting match.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
The chairman then broke up the shouting match.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
The hearing lasted over five hours, with nearly every round of questioning from a Democrat reverting to a monologue from the questioner or a shouting match.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2026
That’s when Hynes called Samuels-Thomas over for a shouting match.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Freeman’s wife, Joanna, was also accused of getting into a shouting match with Fleeger before police intervened, according to the paper.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
And that explosive screening Avary claims to have heard about, the one where Kubrick supposedly got into a shouting match with studio execs?
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
According to the book, the couple had gotten into a shouting match, with Scorsese throwing a glass of red wine across at the room at Minnelli, which smashed on a chandelier.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
In another acrimonious scene the same day, a conversation between a Republican congressman and the leader of House Democrats devolved into a shouting match.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
The chairman then broke up the shouting match.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Shouting match.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shouting%20match. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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