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
The movement could be broken apart by infighting over the succession, international allies might revolt, and domestic adversaries might find more appealing methods of responding to the crisis.
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Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
As Haiti approaches the end of another political transition without elections or a clear governing framework, the United Nations and other international partners are warning that political self-interest and infighting could further unravel an already fragile country.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
It was owned by this family, the Redstones for decades, and there was a lot of corporate infighting, a lot of family drama.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The infighting has barred progress that is necessary to ensure the city at the heart of the booming Alliance corridor can accommodate growth.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2026
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Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
As Haiti approaches the end of another political transition without elections or a clear governing framework, the United Nations and other international partners are warning that political self-interest and infighting could further unravel an already fragile country.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
It was owned by this family, the Redstones for decades, and there was a lot of corporate infighting, a lot of family drama.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The infighting has barred progress that is necessary to ensure the city at the heart of the booming Alliance corridor can accommodate growth.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infighting
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The drafts mention marital discord between Gates and his then-wife Melinda.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Despite the franchise’s high level of performance, there’s discord between Allen and owners about structure.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Prices for precious metals have been soaring as investors look for safer places to park their money amid threats of tariffs, still-high inflation, political strife and mountains of debt for governments worldwide.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Prices for precious metals have been soaring as investors look for safer places to park their money amid threats of tariffs, still-high inflation, political strife and mountains of debt for governments worldwide.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Anthropic acknowledges this approach will create friction for legitimate security researchers and defensive work, and has committed to collaborating with the security community to address those challenges.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Inspired by both pre-Columbian cultures and modern scientific theories, Jensen made energetic diagrams of shapes, symbols, and numbers in loud complementary colors, using thick globs of paint; the results generate a fascinating friction.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Experts say several factors have driven the sharp rise over the past year, including persistent concerns about inflation, ongoing global conflicts, and the possibility of interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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This was in direct conflict with the Hatch Act, which restricts federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
19 Nov. 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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As tensions simmer, neighboring countries have been mediating between the two sides to avert a war, noting that any conflict could spread and destabilize the Middle East.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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The ceasefire pact attempted to halt the more than two-year-old war between Israel and Hamas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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His resistance to releasing any more information caused a schism among his supporters (and contributed to the resignation of his longtime ally Marjorie Taylor Greene) and set Congress up for an easy win.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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The primary has made a growing schism between progressives and democratic socialists in New York City apparent.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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In simple terms, space warfare is about controlling, or disrupting, the satellites and space systems modern militaries rely on every day.—
Emma Withrow,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Feb. 2026
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But the real stars of the film were the pilots who did the movie’s aerial warfare scenes.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Infighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infighting. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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