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
After weeks of infighting, last-minute rewrites, and a marathon vote-a-rama, Senate Republicans narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill on Tuesday, setting up a final showdown in the House.
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
Instead, the vacation group was plunged into bitter infighting.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Capitol Hill is often known for its political theatrics and infighting, not for its sense of style, but some members are trying to change that.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 23 July 2025
On Saturday, Trump used his Truth Social platform to attempt again to call supporters off the Epstein trail amid reports of infighting between Bondi and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino over the issue.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
Instead, the vacation group was plunged into bitter infighting.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Capitol Hill is often known for its political theatrics and infighting, not for its sense of style, but some members are trying to change that.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 23 July 2025
On Saturday, Trump used his Truth Social platform to attempt again to call supporters off the Epstein trail amid reports of infighting between Bondi and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino over the issue.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infighting
Noun
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Social discord, financial struggles, and conflicts abroad continue to consume our country’s time, energy and resources.—
Matthew Beddingfield,
Scientific American,
2 Aug. 2025
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Teammates jumped into the fray to helped quell the discord.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
29 July 2025
Noun
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In Swift's 2008 song, Romeo and Juliet embark on a giddy romance and ultimately overcome the strife between their families to get married.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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These strange yet sublime figures offer an escape from a world that’s become increasingly misunderstood amid raging geopolitical strife.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Creativity without friction becomes an echo chamber.—
Stephanie Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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This creates massive friction for mainstream adoption.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Ukrainian officials rejected this position, stating that Ukraine did not initiate the conflict and that only the Russian president has the authority to order a full military withdrawal.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Peace talks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict took place at the White House.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 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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Russia’s announcement of the bilateral meeting comes with the US growing increasingly frustrated over the war — Trump has threatened sanctions and tariffs on Russia if a deal is not reached by Friday — and Moscow and Kyiv still far apart in their demands for peace.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The intent was to deprive the Kremlin of revenue to fund its war in Ukraine, forcing the Russian government either to sell its oil at a discount or divert money for a costly alternative shipping network.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Epstein controversy has created a schism between President Donald Trump and his MAGA base.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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There remains a wide schism between customer data availability and leveraging customer information to deliver meaningful financial guidance.—
Jody Bhagat,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Busby makes not a single allusion, nor even a hint, at the wholesale destruction, misery and pain of not hundreds, but thousands of African-American families attributable to Hoover’s vicious stranglehold on the city’s South and West sides in the name of drug warfare for untold years.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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But even in the face of evolving modes of warfare, airpower’s inherent advantages endure.—
DAVID A. DEPTULA,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Infighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infighting. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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