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
Zaria speared Ruca before her women’s championship match against Jacy Jayne in February, ending the team and sparking a feud that will culminate in an emotional match Saturday at Stand & Deliver – the biggest show of the year for NXT.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
With 31 days until thoroughbred racing's finest run for the roses, a federal judge opened his 32-page opinion on the executive-level feud between a horseracing regulator and a billion-dollar racetrack group with a question.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Apr. 2026
The best wartime political leaders attempt to minimize internal friction and feuds.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
There have been many storied feuds throughout Hollywood history.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
With 31 days until thoroughbred racing's finest run for the roses, a federal judge opened his 32-page opinion on the executive-level feud between a horseracing regulator and a billion-dollar racetrack group with a question.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Apr. 2026
The best wartime political leaders attempt to minimize internal friction and feuds.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
There have been many storied feuds throughout Hollywood history.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feud
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There are also disputes over land and grazing between mostly Muslim Fulani herders and largely Christian farming communities frequently escalate into deadly clashes in the north-central and northwestern part of the country.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Federal Trade Commission and StubHub this week settled a dispute over allegations that StubHub concealed the actual, total prices of tickets over a three-day period in May 2025.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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This disagreement became our favorite quarrel.—
Elisa Wouk Almino
Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Department of Defense’s quarrel with the Anthropic began after the company refused to back down over contractual guardrails around the use of its Claude AI model in autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.—
Devan Cole,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Security broke up the altercation, but the fight resumed outside in the parking lot, prompting security at UWM Sports Complex to call the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.—
Alysia Burgio,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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In the video, recorded by Mortensen on his cellphone, Paul can be seen screaming and throwing metal chairs, one of which struck one of her children who witnessed the altercation, according to the criminal indictment.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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This prevents misunderstandings and keeps the owner-rental relationship healthy.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Apr. 2026
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Mohamad Faisal, one of Shah Alam's children, previously told Reuters that his father's arrest about a year ago was due to a misunderstanding with police officers.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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The massive road project, decades in planning, has been enveloped in controversy even before getting underway.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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In August 2022, 10 miners died when the El Pinabete coal mine in Coahuila flooded — a disaster that sparked intense controversy by revealing how many Mexican laborers work without essential safety protections or official supervision.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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All three judges scored it 98-92 for the 29-year-old Briton, who sustained cuts over both eyes from head clashes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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And the clash of ideologies must now be balanced on the backs of many hardworking people trying to keep their children out of institutional care and on the Medicaid providers that support them.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 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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Inside the media center, rows of workstations equipped with laptops and charging points allow reporters to file stories.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Shadows, pink-colored halos, stripes on the moon, and the incandescent glow of the streetlights turned skyward illuminating the row of rooftops populated with what looked like angels holding hands.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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