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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Also happening: Trump-Musk: Elon Musk has appeared to ease his feud with President Trump after praising his foreign policy achievements.
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
The stock price took a turn after Musk on Saturday reignited a feud with President Donald Trump over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the massive spending bill that the commander-in-chief endorsed.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 2 July 2025
Infighting and feuds Four years ago, the Campbell County Republican Committee experienced what some have described as a coup.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The feud escalated after the university openly defied demands to overhaul Harvard policies around campus protests, admissions, hiring and other issues.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
The stock price took a turn after Musk on Saturday reignited a feud with President Donald Trump over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the massive spending bill that the commander-in-chief endorsed.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 2 July 2025
Infighting and feuds Four years ago, the Campbell County Republican Committee experienced what some have described as a coup.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The feud escalated after the university openly defied demands to overhaul Harvard policies around campus protests, admissions, hiring and other issues.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feud
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Before the dispute, the Shinawatras and the Huns of Cambodia — two of Southeast Asia’s most influential political dynasties — had enjoyed close personal relations for decades.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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The dispute has influenced Paramount’s approach to a lawsuit accusing it of deceptively editing an interview with Kamala Harris.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2025
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The quarrel exploded Thursday, leading to a public back and forth on X, formerly Twitter.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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This was just one of many quarrels between the two that grew more frequent.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2025
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At Monday’s arraignment, when prosecutors revealed the details of the altercation, a judge ordered Horsman to be held without bail.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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In a now-viral recording of the altercation posted to Reddit, Perry is seen grabbing the other passenger's hair.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Understanding the Unique Nature of Art and Collectibles The problem often starts with a misunderstanding.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Other disputes stem from misunderstandings, with another Newsweek article describing a woman who was accused of falsely claiming an allergy to avoid eating certain foods at a family dinner.—
Matthew Impelli,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Social Security has become a lightening rod for controversy since Trump’s inauguration in January.—
Alicia Adamczyk,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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The controversy in Spain echoes similar issues in Portugal, where Rabbi Daniel Litvak of Oporto was arrested in 2022 amid investigations into fraudulent citizenship applications linked notably to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.—
Orge Castellano,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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In many ways, the game might offer a blueprint for the quarterfinal clash against Paris Saint-Germain.—
Manuel Veth,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Speaking in a press conference ahead of his team’s Club World Cup round-of-16 clash with Benfica in Charlotte, Maresca voiced a similar sentiment.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
28 June 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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Albania ranks at the bottom for the second year in a row, with just 16.0% of its sites classified as excellent—a sharp drop from 41.2% last year.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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This is Judge’s sixth 30-homer season and his fifth in a row.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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