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When Al-Khelaifi, who favoured a more conventional offer from DAZN, pushed back, the meeting descended into a slanging match — as later revealed in a video leaked to French newspaper L’Equipe.
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Whether it was orchestrated or not, Moscow – which reacted with glee to the White House slanging match – is now anticipating talks aimed at rebuilding the US-Russia relationship will continue, even accelerate, in the weeks ahead.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 2 Mar. 2025
After the Alaska confrontation between top U.S. and Chinese officials and the slanging match between Presidents Biden and Vladimir Putin, the world is as fraught as ever.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2021
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Whether it was orchestrated or not, Moscow – which reacted with glee to the White House slanging match – is now anticipating talks aimed at rebuilding the US-Russia relationship will continue, even accelerate, in the weeks ahead.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 2 Mar. 2025
After the Alaska confrontation between top U.S. and Chinese officials and the slanging match between Presidents Biden and Vladimir Putin, the world is as fraught as ever.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2021
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“Slanging match.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slanging%20match. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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