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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He's previously quarreled with LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Russell Westbrook and Draymond Green.
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On Thursday, the Miami City Commission deferred voting on two commissioners’ requests to fund affordable housing and parks in their districts after officials quarreled over which areas in the city have the most pressing needs, an argument that cut to the core of the wealth divide in Miami.
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Bland was obsessed with religion, but that did not amount to insanity, the prosecutor argued.
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During the primary the two contenders agreed on most issues, but Valdez argued throughout the campaign that Reynoso wasn't outspoken enough.
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Police said the bail agent and driver fought, and the agent fired one round, with the bullet striking the suspect in the arm.
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Thousands of Black men fought in the conflict for the Continental Army, the British or in pursuit of their own chance at liberation.
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Eftekhari worries that the mood at Iran’s first match, where fans and protesters clashed, affected the players.
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Moises and Makhachev clashed in 2021 before Makhachev began his title runs at 155 and 170 pounds.
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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 26 Jun. 2026.
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