Rounding out the top five names were seven write-in votes for the Sacramento Capitals or Capitols — which could be nicknamed the Caps to avoid quarrels over the spelling — and six votes for the Sacramento Stingers or Sting, referencing the collegiate Sacramento State Hornets.
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Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2026
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.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
Showdowns over international inspectors caused years of disputes between the US and Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and more recently Iran.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Council members ultimately said the purpose of the sister city program was to build relationships between communities, not to settle international political disputes.
During his time with the Pistons, he was known for getting into altercations with opposing players, most recently in February 2026, when he was suspended for seven games following a fight with the Charlotte Hornets.
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DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Court documents describe multiple violent altercations between Spencer and his wife leading up to the murder and one arrest after Spencer hit his wife and threatened to kill her.
The dozens of lawsuits that followed had been entangled in legal imbroglios about how to interpret the untested law.
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Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
These people online have also said that the Owens family has long lived way beyond their means, while Ronn Owens and Jan Black should take responsibility for enabling their daughter’s costly legal imbroglios with these different men, who also have faced harm to their reputations in the process.
They are hired hands and stewards of other people’s capital, with no desire to becoming embroiled in internecine squabbles between clashing advocates, parochial activists, and plain opportunists latching on to the moment.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
28 June 2026
Be patient with kids and romantic partners, because squabbles might arise.
Some states chose not to send representatives; several of them cited disagreements with the partisan mission.
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Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
3 July 2026
The city commission reached a major step forward on the project after months of delays and disagreements over the best way to replace the old City Hall, which was damaged beyond repair by the historic flooding of April 2023.
Perhaps a tougher challenge will be persuading skeptical US politicians of the benefits of Chinese investments; Ford’s multi-year deal with Chinese battery giant CATL to license its technology created a political storm, resulting in wrangles over tax credits and other government incentives.
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Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
24 Feb. 2026
Safdie wrangles a massive ensemble cast that mixes seasoned actors with nonpros to seamless effect, including real-world ping pong champions like Kawaguchi.
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