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 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 Meanwhile, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide finished off one of the best feuds over the last year in El Grande Americano and Original El Grande Americano. —

Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feuds

Noun

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
As the trio quarrels, bonds and ventures through the wild unknown, Felix discovers that true bravery may change not only his own destiny, but also the future of his home.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 May 2026