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.
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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.
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Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
The video went viral, and the two eventually bickered about it on social media later Sunday night.
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Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
The pair have famously bickered over the past 20 years.
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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.
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Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
Jokic and Oklahoma City’s players had bothered each other and bickered all night.
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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.
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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.
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Rukmini Callimachi,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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
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In fact, Twain might well have quarreled with the whole premise of celebrating America’s 250th birthday.
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He's previously quarreled with LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Russell Westbrook and Draymond Green.
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The settlement stems from a 2022 federal class action suit filed by YouTube TV subscribers who argued that Disney used its control over must-have programming, including content tied to ESPN and Hulu, to influence the broader live streaming market.
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Blutinger, a Jewish studies professor at Long Beach State University, had argued that Israel was not committing genocide in Gaza and that the protests on university campuses seemed supportive of Hamas.
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As visitors like Fulkerson settled into folding chairs arranged along the same grassy knoll where John Brown and his followers fought their way into the red-brick armory, Kerwin rose, stepped to the microphone and looked out at the crowd gathered before her.
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While the Civil War was fought far from Pittsburgh's streets, its impact can still be found here today — in the graves of arsenal workers, in the medals of hometown heroes, and in the stories preserved for future generations.
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Iranian authorities, in turn, view armed Kurdish factions as separatist or terrorist threats, especially groups such as PJAK, which has clashed for years with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps along Iran’s western border.
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Plane Jane and Drag Race judge Law Roach clashed on Project Runway in front of Tyra Banks.
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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.
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The countries have also squabbled over Pretoria’s affirmative action policies and a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
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Another worker described the chaos as well over a dozen teens brawled inside the diner.
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The two cousins brawled back to ringside.
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“Bickered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bickered. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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