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
Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, has inspired a myriad of hot takes, from fan infighting over whether the album is or isn’t her best work to deep analysis of her alleged lyrical digs at fellow pop star Charli XCX and producer Scott Borchetta.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2025
Whichever candidate is elected will also likely face opposition and infighting from within their own party, given the split between LDP conservatives and moderates, said Hall.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
As Florida has become increasingly dominated by Republicans, the state Democratic Party has been weakened by infighting and largely ineffectual in elections.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
This show follows the Succession-style family infighting that occurs after Sir Benjamin Guinness’s death.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2025
Whichever candidate is elected will also likely face opposition and infighting from within their own party, given the split between LDP conservatives and moderates, said Hall.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
As Florida has become increasingly dominated by Republicans, the state Democratic Party has been weakened by infighting and largely ineffectual in elections.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
This show follows the Succession-style family infighting that occurs after Sir Benjamin Guinness’s death.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infighting
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China, for its part, has also stoked the flames of discord in recent weeks, first by announcing new global export controls on rare earth minerals, key components in technologies and weaponry.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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The discord within the Republican Party of Wisconsin has reached a new level.—
Lawrence Andrea,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Despite all odds—geopolitical strife and upheaval, an economic instability and rising inflation—shoppers are still spending.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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During the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992-98, violent ethnic and religious strife boiled over among Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and Catholics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Once the largest importer of American soybeans, China paused purchases of the product in May as bilateral frictions intensified.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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To be sure, OpenAI’s surge isn’t without friction.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Raptors also played the Bucks, a 122-116 loss, with the home team bumping the game’s start time up by an hour to minimize the conflict between the two games.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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That is, some of the properties suffered damage during the war, but others were destroyed because the owners left the country during the conflict.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 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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Rogers noted that the book argues that a central cause of the war was Anglo settlers’ determination to keep slaves in bondage after Mexico largely abolished it.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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In the five years just before war set in, these were among the dwellings that had beguiled Heinz Gaube (1940–2022), a German academic at the Oriental Seminar of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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Unlike his isolated vote in 2006, the schism runs much deeper now.—
Frederic J. Frommer,
The Washington Examiner,
17 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 Gravely’s presence accompanies the USS Ford carrier strike group, which was deployed to the Caribbean last week carrying fighter jets, electronic warfare aircraft, and surveillance planes.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Narrative warfare sways public sentiment long before a bullet is fired.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Infighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infighting. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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