variants
or battle royals
or battles royale
or battle royales
as in quarrels
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
the sisters had a battle royal over whose turn it was to use the family car
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The 49ers have a recent history of tense contract disputes with receivers, going through one with Deebo Samuel in 2022 and Aiyuk last year.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025 -
So far, 75 deals have been re-submitted after initially being denied, and none of the disputes has so far gone to arbitration.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Negotiations are stuck on disagreements over recognition of territorial control and the future architecture of Ukrainian security guarantees.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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But according to people familiar with the deal, Microsoft’s decision centered on a rift with OpenAI and internal disagreements within Microsoft related to resources for a new team run by Mustafa Suleyman, who had left Inflection AI to lead Microsoft’s internal AI efforts.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The bucks know there will be fights over the females.—
Chris McKeown,
The Enquirer,
30 Aug. 2025
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None of those fighters are HOF material, but the way Lomachenko sliced them up (getting Walters, Rigondeaux, Miguel Marriaga and Jason Sosa to quit in back-to-back-to-back-to-back fights) was so impressive.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Three new rows of seats — a total of 213 — have been added at the front of the Peter Taylor Stand, to increase the capacity of the stadium to just over 30,600.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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The Amtrak Adirondack runs from New York’s Moynihan (Penn) Station through the Hudson Valley and its rows of handsome maple trees and up into the train’s namesake Adirondack Mountains.—
Lyndsey Matthews,
AFAR Media,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Battles royal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battles%20royal. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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