as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily
tedious departmental meetings at which staffers would argufy endlessly
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In 2012, surviving members of the Beach Boys reunited for a 50th anniversary album, which quickly hit the Top 10 before the group again bickered and separated.—
CBS News,
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11 June 2025 -
Vance memes, framing the vice president as the troubled child of bickering parents.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Democrats, led by Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, had argued that in recent decades Congress gradually surrendered war-making powers to the president.—
Robert Jimison,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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The school board, backed by other parents, had argued that opt-out provisions were impractical.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
27 June 2025
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The team is also fighting injuries within the starting rotation.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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In 2024, Baumgardner and Delfine Persoon fought to a no contest.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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This is the comedy where a couple of supporting characters, the quarreling Beatrice and Benedick, often upstage the show’s main romantic plot line.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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The victim, 36, was quarreling with an unknown man on the street in the 400 block of North Wells Street just after 7 p.m. when the second man pulled out a firearm and shot the victim, striking him in the left arm, police said.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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And after Utah’s pick fell out of the top four, grabbing a player who many expected to be in the top three feels like a home run.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
26 June 2025
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The relationship between the United States and Iran fell out after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and the two countries have not had diplomatic relations since then.—
Marc Raimondi
June 25,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
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But Kemp and Ossoff clash over who should get credit for Georgia’s green energy boom.—
Glen Luke Flanagan,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
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Martinez was fired in December after clashing with Mayor Brandon Johnson and CTU over his refusal to take out a $300 million loan.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
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The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
15 May 2024
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“Argufy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/argufy. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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