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feud

noun

Definition of feud

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 Prosecutors said the shooting stemmed from a gang feud and that Cruz and an accomplice opened fire on the vehicle after Cruz located Castillo near his home. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 The feud accelerated over the closing weeks of the campaign when Cenk Uygur’s Rebellion PAC began running the anti-Israel ad that would eventually convince Stevens to endorse Rogers. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026 The Supreme Court's refusal to intervene comes as the Justice Department has been escalating its feud with California election officials. — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026 El Sayed’s campaign asked Stevens to stay away from his remaining campaign events on Saturday as the two deepened their feud just days ahead of the toss-up Senate race. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 1 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for feud

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Noun

Heemeyer owned a muffler shop in the town and had been engaged in a long-running series of property and zoning disputes with local authorities.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Having been through the NBA and NFL lockouts of 2011 and other labor disputes, McKenzie recalled just how much of a rush there can be on supplementing income if paychecks don’t resume.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of dispute

Noun

In the first incident, a 47-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the upper body during a quarrel with his killer outside a Bronx homeless shelter on Sedgwick Ave.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
When a quarrel over an inheritance revives old hostilities, their relationship comes under pressure from greed and treachery in a conflict not of their making.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of quarrel

Noun

On Friday, Benson's family told CBS News Detroit that the incident stemmed from an altercation that happened years prior.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Wallace was charged in federal court last month on the same day that her successor, Cody Bass, was ordered to spend 10 days in a Douglas County, Nevada, jail for a harassment conviction stemming from an altercation at a brewpub.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of altercation

Noun

Neither approach is wrong, but misunderstandings can arise when one partner feels crowded and the other feels lonely.

— Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2026
Fom the beginning, the whole story is built on misunderstanding and miscommunication.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of misunderstanding

Noun

This year’s ceremony ran into controversy earlier in the year when it was announced that it would be hosted in Abu Dhabi, which has faced criticism for human rights violations.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
As the controversy mounted, the museum called off the exhibition.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of controversy

Noun

Ahead of Leo’s arrival in Argentina, the first by a pope in nearly 40 years, Milei’s officials had dismissed the prospect of a political clash.

— Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
That has to leave a bad taste in their mouth entering this week’s clash.

— Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of clash

Noun

This contestation takes place through philosophical debates, religious disputations, and public discussions, whether direct or indirect, open or clandestine.

— Mansoor Moaddel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
This did not, however, mark the end of disputation concerning the Northwest Angle.

— Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026

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