as in quarrels
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 feuds
Smith's public feuds with major NBA stars only serve to advance the notion that Smith is worth responding to.
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Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
While the parties are busy battling each other through gerrymandering and social media feuds, Americans are losing their patience.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2026
Henry Kissinger used that argument to explain why academic feuds are so bitter.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
With the industry elite divided by ongoing legal feuds and conflicting political ideologies, the personalities of the individual CEOs look set to shape the course of AI as much as the technology itself.
—Will Barker, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
But sometimes there are feuds between people who don’t even move in the same circles, and those are a little harder to understand.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 20 Apr. 2026
Beef’s second season leaves behind the parking lot feuds, instead focusing on two couples, one millennial (Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan) and one Gen Z (Melton and Cailee Spaeny), working at a California country club.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2026
In the 2003-04 season, the Dallas Stars nearly had a locker room meltdown because of feuds between players’ wives.
—Mac Engel
april 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
The best wartime political leaders attempt to minimize internal friction and feuds.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
While the parties are busy battling each other through gerrymandering and social media feuds, Americans are losing their patience.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2026
Henry Kissinger used that argument to explain why academic feuds are so bitter.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
With the industry elite divided by ongoing legal feuds and conflicting political ideologies, the personalities of the individual CEOs look set to shape the course of AI as much as the technology itself.
—Will Barker, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
But sometimes there are feuds between people who don’t even move in the same circles, and those are a little harder to understand.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 20 Apr. 2026
Beef’s second season leaves behind the parking lot feuds, instead focusing on two couples, one millennial (Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan) and one Gen Z (Melton and Cailee Spaeny), working at a California country club.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2026
In the 2003-04 season, the Dallas Stars nearly had a locker room meltdown because of feuds between players’ wives.
—Mac Engel
april 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
The best wartime political leaders attempt to minimize internal friction and feuds.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feuds
Noun
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Avoid money quarrels with everyone.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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His quarrels with Massie and interest in relitigating the 2020 election seem to animate him more, too.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Democrats see it as a frivolous investigation that lays the groundwork for disputes during the midterms and sows doubts about the integrity of the state’s electoral process.—
Caleb Groves,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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The agreement also settles two other disputes that have bogged down the case with appeals.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Paul and Mortensen had been under investigation by both the Draper City Police Department and West Jordan Police Department regarding a series of allegations each made that the other had acted violently during altercations in February, as well as an incident that took place in 2024.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The investigations stemmed from a series of allegations, each made that the other acted violently during a series of altercations that month.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Any talks between the United States and China over AI regulations — designing some kind of arms control agreement governing the use of a technology that neither side fully understands or controls — will be fraught with suspicion, misunderstandings and risk, experts say.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Pig myths and misunderstandings McLeod and Jennings are quick to dispel myths about their family of pigs.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 May 2026
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There is no apparent connection between the controversies at the CoC and the FBI’s criminal probe.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
12 May 2026
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Playwright Mark Rosenblatt takes a leaf from the Peter Morgan playbook of using newsy real-life controversies with direct contemporary applicability to spark balanced drama.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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New reports don’t end disagreements The latest raft of reporting, with mysterious figures and unexplained sounds, has not yet made a believer out of skeptic Benjamin Radford.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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The new restaurant takes over the former Biscuit & Hogs space, which closed amid legal disagreements.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
8 May 2026
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The most recent back-and-forth over talks comes after a week of sporadic clashes in the Persian Gulf, amid a month-long ceasefire.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Meanwhile, small-scale clashes continued around the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, underscoring the fragility of the ceasefire between Iran and the United States.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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Two title fights, multiple division-shifting wins, a record extended for Miller, an arrival statement from Amosov, and a main event that traded weeks of bad blood for legitimate mid-fight respect.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Spread by social media flyers or mass messages beforehand, the takeovers have on occasion spiraled into chaos, with reports of fights, robberies, gunshots and general disruption.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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“Feuds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feuds. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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