Thesaurus results for FEUDS

feuds

noun

plural of feud

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 Stories about her parties became local legend, as did tales of her feuds with neighbors and her tendency to flout social conventions. —

Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 Outside of his frequent and public feuds with athletes, Smith can come across as disengaged on ESPN's airwaves. —

Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026 So what to make of TMZ’s decision to recently launch a Washington bureau – TMZ DC – to cover the Beltway’s feuds, scandals and power struggles? —

Angelica Kalika, The Conversation, 2 June 2026 From off-season developments, to on-court feuds, and finally, the league has come to an agreement after a longstanding CBA negotiation – a lot is in flux. —

Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Pratt’s outrageous on-screen antics placed him at the center of many feuds. —

Louis Staples, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026 At a time of escalating viral threats, this is a take better suited to online feuds than to biosecurity strategy from the apex of American public health. —

Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 May 2026 Usually when an actor in a major role skedaddles a series in mid-stream — because of firings, feuds, contract fights, health crises or creative flameouts — the show finds a way to go on. —

Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026 In the annals of celebrity feuds, the one between these two music industry titans does not rank particularly high. —

Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025

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Noun

Rounding out the top five names were seven write-in votes for the Sacramento Capitals or Capitols — which could be nicknamed the Caps to avoid quarrels over the spelling — and six votes for the Sacramento Stingers or Sting, referencing the collegiate Sacramento State Hornets.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
In a 2024 study, researchers found that chimpanzee mothers tended to step in to defend their children in quarrels—say, over food or space in a tree—in about half of cases the researchers observed in the wild.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 May 2026