as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
continued infighting has just completely robbed that political action committee of its effectiveness
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Recent Examples of infighting
But the boom has brought its hazards, as well, and not just local political infighting.
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Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
As if the infighting weren’t enough, the Guinnesses are also beset by outside forces from seemingly every side of the cultural spectrum.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
The idea that the infighting is all in the family gets put to the test when the aforementioned mumps outbreak occurs, and the school has to be shut down, with the debate happening over whether a vaccine mandate will be put in place before classrooms reopen.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Groups larger than six are required to order from a set chef’s choice menu—to better ward off indecision and infighting.
—Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
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Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
As if the infighting weren’t enough, the Guinnesses are also beset by outside forces from seemingly every side of the cultural spectrum.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
The idea that the infighting is all in the family gets put to the test when the aforementioned mumps outbreak occurs, and the school has to be shut down, with the debate happening over whether a vaccine mandate will be put in place before classrooms reopen.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Groups larger than six are required to order from a set chef’s choice menu—to better ward off indecision and infighting.
—Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infighting
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Trustees ‘feel their powers have been reduced’ At the center of the current discord, according to a source, is the fact that Tata Sons is supposed to receive prior approval from Tata Trusts for any major financial investments.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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To what was such a spasmodic discord owed?—
Julio Cortázar,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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The hope for gold-producing nations like Ghana is to responsibly leverage this bountiful natural resource without falling prey to environmental degradation and civil strife.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Over the course of an hour-long interview, the two spoke about the state of the world and how to stay optimistic amid political strife and chaos.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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Several of her cabinet picks have close ties to Taiwan, risking friction with Beijing, Japan’s top trading partner.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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A lot of that deliberate friction comes from the characterization of Linda herself, who compulsively makes her problems everyone else’s.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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If the peace holds, the region could enter a new era defined less by conflict than by the possibility of transformation, including the rebuilding of a post-Hamas Gaza and the normalization of Israeli relations with Saudi Arabia.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Both led their people through seemingly impossible conflicts with grace and the ethos of nonviolence.—
Janine Di Giovanni,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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Many of the tunes including sprawling intros and jam sessions, all melded together with discordance, reverb and instrumental solos.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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From migrants and colonizers to gossip and war, Emily Wilson examines The Aeneid and its relevance to the modern world.—
tumblr.com,
tumblr.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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But our flights had been canceled amid rocket fire and regional escalation, fallout from Israel’s latest offensive in Gaza and its war with Iran.—
Reem Kassis,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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In her autobiography, Mabel Dodge laid the blame for her schism with Stein firmly on one person.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Chiles case shines a spotlight on a growing schism in the LGBT base between gender-critical gays and their transgender counterparts.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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As coalition warfare becomes the norm, integrating data across multiple partners—each with distinct platforms and classification levels—can mean the difference between success and failure.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is moving its ground forces from traditional close-range tank warfare to long-range, beyond-visual-range combat, enabled by its latest generation of main battle tanks, according to a PLA Daily report published Monday.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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