as in bickered
to express different opinions about something often angrily
bored children brabbling in the back seat
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brabbled
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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 -
My parents bickered constantly, my sister was demanding and always in a conflict with them, and my grandparents would scream at each other.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Both France and Padres manager Craig Stammen argued the call and replays seemed to clearly show the base of the ball was entirely in foul ground.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The trust has said that recognizes the need for a larger meeting space at the White House, but argued that only Congress could authorize it.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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Three years ago, the city considered closing the pool as a cost-saving measure but residents fought its closure.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The Republicans fought it, and it’s died.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
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Around the same time, the Homeless Trust and Camillus House, formerly one of the county’s largest homeless shelters, fell out over a pricing dispute, taking dozens of beds out of the county’s shelter system.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
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Sheehan gave up four runs in 4 2/3 innings Friday, his velocity wavering as his delivery fell out of sync.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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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.—
Tess Riski
April 10,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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Budapest, which has quarreled with its EU partners over support for Ukraine and Russian oil deliveries, has also blocked a 90 billion euro ($103 billion) loan as Kyiv runs low on cash.—
Lorne Cook,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Musk’s xAI interests During cross-examination, Musk repeatedly clashed with OpenAI lead counsel William Savitt of Wachtell Lipton.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind the chatbot Claude, clashed with the Pentagon earlier this year over whether there were adequate safeguards around the military’s use of its technology.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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“Brabbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brabbled. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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