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
Apple sued Samsung in 2011 for allegedly infringing its design patents; the two giants settled their long legal feud in 2018.
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
Season 8 promises more family drama amid the ongoing feud between Tammy and Amy.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
After the death of their youngest sister, Sylvia and Helen attempt to navigate their grief, but a slight over a slice of apple cake keeps the matriarchs of the family in a decade-long feud.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The rapper had been a member of New Dallas, a rising collective of artists who eschew neighborhood turf wars and interpersonal feuds, in lieu of working to promote peace and unity.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
Season 8 promises more family drama amid the ongoing feud between Tammy and Amy.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
After the death of their youngest sister, Sylvia and Helen attempt to navigate their grief, but a slight over a slice of apple cake keeps the matriarchs of the family in a decade-long feud.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The rapper had been a member of New Dallas, a rising collective of artists who eschew neighborhood turf wars and interpersonal feuds, in lieu of working to promote peace and unity.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feud
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Opening arguments in a Stanford felony vandalism case began Friday amid sharp disputes over whether political views tied to Israel’s war in Gaza should factor into the trial — an issue that has shaped the case from its earliest stages.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Police had initially said the shooting involved a family dispute but gave no specific details.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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But by agreeing to disagree on these ideological quarrels, negotiators could manage to find ways to prevent them from triggering unnecessary crises.—
Mohammad Javad Zarif,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Dec. 2025
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Police said the quarrel escalated when a 39-year-old man pulled out a gun and shot the victim twice.—
Natalie McMillan,
CBS News,
15 Dec. 2025
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During the altercation, the security guard shot and killed the man, McCabe said.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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In 2019, Dykstra had drug and terroristic threat charges dropped after an altercation with an Uber driver in New Jersey in 2018.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Overcoming challenges to inclusive play The drive to promote inclusivity in play areas isn’t without challenges, the most significant of which is a misunderstanding of what makes a play spot wholly inclusive.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
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The book describes the transition of the fictional Grinch, who had focused on the misunderstanding of materialism but was transformed by love and holiday spirit into a helpful, caring being who became part of the community.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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The controversy stemmed from an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR filed by Jordan’s 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, which argued the racing organization wasn’t properly sharing its revenue with the teams that compete in the sport’s top company.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ – Test yourself on culinary controversies and presidential proclamations.—
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FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The clashes have since descended into an all-out civil war, characterized by ethnic violence, attacks on civilians and atrocities committed by all sides, according to humanitarian groups and foreign governments.—
ByGuy Davies,
ABC News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Iranian state television aired images of clashes and fires, while the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that several police officers were killed overnight, underscoring the increasingly violent nature of the confrontations.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 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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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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There are rows of fire trucks that all need repairs, but Cleary said the city needs to do more than repair the aging fleet.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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For the first time in more than four months, Washington Commanders General Manager Adam Peters and Coach Dan Quinn sat together in front of a row of cameras Monday and fielded questions from reporters.—
Tom Schad,
Washington Post,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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