as in dispute
a long and angry conflict between two people or two groups
The workers' feud with management concerns health benefits and pay increases. Because of a family feud, they did not see each other for a decade.
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Recent Examples of feud
Meanwhile, the president remains locked in an open feud with his vice president, former police officer Edman Lara.
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ABC News, 19 May 2026
Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker’s feud grows Seth Rollins came to Raw with a challenge to Bron Breakker, claiming that Breakker couldn’t defeat him by himself.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
Drake has used a trio of comeback albums to continue some long-running feuds.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
The verdict concludes a dramatic chapter in Musk and Altman’s bitter feud, and paves the way for OpenAI to go public, in one of the largest IPOs expected to date.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 18 May 2026
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ABC News, 19 May 2026
Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker’s feud grows Seth Rollins came to Raw with a challenge to Bron Breakker, claiming that Breakker couldn’t defeat him by himself.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
Drake has used a trio of comeback albums to continue some long-running feuds.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
The verdict concludes a dramatic chapter in Musk and Altman’s bitter feud, and paves the way for OpenAI to go public, in one of the largest IPOs expected to date.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feud
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With the indictment now dismissed, the administration could argue there are fewer procedural barriers preventing another removal effort, though Xinis still retains authority over the injunction dispute unless the 4th Circuit intervenes.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
22 May 2026
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Prosecutors argued that Daniel Sikkema orchestrated the killing from New York amid a bitter divorce and custody dispute involving the couple’s son.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
22 May 2026
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In a 2024 study, researchers found that chimpanzee mothers tended to step in to defend their children in quarrels—say, over food or space in a tree—in about half of cases the researchers observed in the wild.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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As the trio quarrels, bonds and ventures through the wild unknown, Felix discovers that true bravery may change not only his own destiny, but also the future of his home.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 May 2026
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Charles Melton plays an American GI named Private K who’s trying to locate his daughter and keeps getting into bloody altercations.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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The argument escalates into a physical altercation, with the two characters coming to blows in the middle of the newsroom.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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The administration’s norm-shattering masks a more fundamental misunderstanding of how administrative power can bring about lasting change.—
Joshua M. Sharfstein,
STAT,
16 May 2026
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Episode 2 of the first series sees a huge misunderstanding on the phone cause Gavin to have to drive to Wales to resolve his relationship.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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The result was a work that never managed to find a coherent point-of-view, which didn’t prevent it from taking in a decent $7 million at the local box office, or from stirring up controversy.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2026
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The controversy centers on campaign finance violations tied to the New Georgia Project, an organization devoted to voter registration and civic engagement founded by Abrams.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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But Giants-Rams might have the greatest blowout potential of these 17 Monday night clashes.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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Here are some photos from the second of three skirmishes in this always entertaining Show Me State clash.—
Jeff Rosen,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2026
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This did not, however, mark the end of disputation concerning the Northwest Angle.—
Scott Spires,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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According to him, advances in machine learning have yanked questions once trapped inside theological/philosophical disputations into corporate board packs.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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For instance, there are limits on how many lap children can sit in a single row due to the availability of oxygen masks.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Travel + Leisure,
22 May 2026
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The Huskies, who lost their first four games of the season, hit their stride in conference play, going 15-6 to win a share of the title for the sixth year in a row, with Marshall, Suchy and freshman of the year Cam Righi winning conference individual honors.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
22 May 2026
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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