bickered

verb

past tense of bicker
as in quarreled
to express different opinions about something often angrily if you two don't stop bickering about where to go to eat, we're not going out at all!

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Recent Examples of bickered King bickered with fans on social media. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026 But Tilly and Gershon playfully bickered onstage as the former remembered things slightly differently, with Tilly saying the problem had more to do with a shot of her hand on Gershon's crotch that was deemed too realistic. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 8 June 2026 The video went viral, and the two eventually bickered about it on social media later Sunday night. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026 The pair have famously bickered over the past 20 years. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026 Pointing to elk heads mounted on the wall, the two jokingly bickered over who had bowhunted which. — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026 Jokic and Oklahoma City’s players had bothered each other and bickered all night. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026 The actors jokingly bickered about their history with the ceremony, with Cheadle remarking that Clooney hadn’t won since 2026 winner Timothée Chalamet was 3 years old. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Jan. 2026 On 33 occasions since 2017, Congress has been forced to pass emergency extensions to the flood insurance program, as lawmakers bickered over budgets and looming shutdowns threatened to disrupt it, according to a letter the National Association of Realtors sent to Congress ahead of the shutdown. — Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bickered
  1. quarreled
  2. argued
  3. fought
  4. clashed
  5. squabbled
  6. brawled
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  • During his time in the Senate, Brattin was previously a member of the Conservative Caucus, which later rebranded as the Missouri Freedom Caucus, a group of hard-charging lawmakers that frequently quarreled with GOP leadership.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In fact, Twain might well have quarreled with the whole premise of celebrating America’s 250th birthday.
    — Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of quarreled
Verb
  • Some opponents of the merger have argued that the deal will effectively consolidate all of March Madness under one corporate umbrella and ultimately harm competition for college sports rights.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That’s why the oil market may be underpricing that risk, argued Tompkins.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of argued
Verb
  • Rhodes went for the Figure Four, but Punk fought out and tried a GTS.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • And in Florida, the longest war the United States government fought was with Black maroons called Seminoles.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of fought
Verb
  • The two have repeatedly clashed over immigration, tariffs, taxes, crime, homelessness, wildfire recovery, transgender policies, and the role of the federal government, often trading barbs on social media and in public appearances.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026
  • There was widespread chaos in Bni Nsar, the Moroccan town bordering the Spanish territory, where migrants clashed with police, throwing rocks and setting police vehicles ablaze, according to local media and rights groups.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of clashed
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  • The city and a group of taxpayers for years squabbled in court over whether the government had the right to enter into a contract with the Friends, which ultimately disbanded before the zoo opened in Griffith Park in 1966.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • The countries have also squabbled over Pretoria’s affirmative action policies and a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of squabbled
Verb
  • Punk and Rhodes brawled as WWE officials pulled them apart before SmackDown went off the air.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Another worker described the chaos as well over a dozen teens brawled inside the diner.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026
Definition of brawled

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