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
He’s convened with officials from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf in an attempt to settle their feud.
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Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Better relations with China would improve Nvidia sentiment because China remains a huge market for the chipmaker, which has become an even tougher to serve during the trade feud.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 May 2025
As rumors of a feud grew, Baldoni hired Melissa Nathan, a crisis PR manager who represented Johnny Depp in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Washington — President Trump said Friday that his administration will be rescinding Harvard University's tax-exempt status, further escalating the ongoing feud with the Ivy League school.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 May 2025
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Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Better relations with China would improve Nvidia sentiment because China remains a huge market for the chipmaker, which has become an even tougher to serve during the trade feud.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 May 2025
As rumors of a feud grew, Baldoni hired Melissa Nathan, a crisis PR manager who represented Johnny Depp in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Washington — President Trump said Friday that his administration will be rescinding Harvard University's tax-exempt status, further escalating the ongoing feud with the Ivy League school.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feud
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The dispute has unfolded as CBS parent company Paramount Global seeks the FCC’s approval for a multi-billion-dollar merger with Skydance.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen said that its around 450 members in New Jersey Transit were walking off the job at 12:01 a.m., in a dispute over pay.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
16 May 2025
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Knowing her grandson was outside, Mette called out to the group as the commotion grew, demanding the quarrel stop and for her grandchild to leave, sources said.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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This time, however, testimony suggested a thornier layer to the quarrel: Phillip said the family had learned a few years earlier that the older brother was not Ferguson’s biological child.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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In 2012 he was involved in a brawl with Drake and his entourage at a N.Y. nightclub that injured eight people, followed by an altercation with Frank Ocean over a parking space in West Hollywood in 2013.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
15 May 2025
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An altercation that took place in 2020 resulted in a personal injury lawsuit against Cook by Daniel Cragg and Anne St. Amant on behalf of Gracelyn Trimble (who was apparently injured in the altercation) in the Dakota County District Court in Minnesota.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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However, after a misunderstanding possibly stemming from his hat, a spear was thrown which was then met by musketfire, luckily ending in no deaths, according to Powell.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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This shared misunderstanding can lead to no one offering support, leaving the friend feeling unnoticed and unsupported.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Her crypto controversy began the very next day, resulting in a show hiatus.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Trump and his allies have attracted their own commencement controversies.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan’s arrest and ensuing indictment has escalated a clash between President Donald Trump’s administration and local authorities over the Republican’s sweeping immigration crackdown.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Dugan's arrest has escalated a clash between the Trump administration and Democrats over the Republican president's sweeping immigration crackdown.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Jake is a single father who has brought Kristen up in the severe Calvinist tradition, marked by Bible disputations of Talmudic intricacy and by a radical detachment from secular and popular culture.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2023
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Seven decades later, this culture of disputation emerged as a central theme in Timothy Garton Ash’s The Magic Lantern, his eyewitness report on the Eastern European revolutions of 1989.—
Susie Linfield,
The New York Review of Books,
11 May 2022
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Norby, Sanchez and Edwards each had two hits and Kyle Stowers belted a solo homer for the Marlins, who have lost three in a row and 13 of their last 16 overall.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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Here’s how 40 executives voted For the second year in a row, The Athletic canvassed 40 executives across baseball to build our front office rankings.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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