as in dispute
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
a loud quarrel erupted at the next table over
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as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily
the coach and the referee quarreled about whether the ball was in bounds
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Recent Examples of quarrel
Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The quarrel exploded Thursday, leading to a public back and forth on X, formerly Twitter.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
The victim, 36, was quarreling with an unknown man on the street in the 400 block of North Wells Street just after 7 p.m. when the second man pulled out a firearm and shot the victim, striking him in the left arm, police said.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
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Noun
According to writer and historian Geoffrey C. Ward, Johnson had his quarrels inside and outside the ring.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The quarrel exploded Thursday, leading to a public back and forth on X, formerly Twitter.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Verb
This is the comedy where a couple of supporting characters, the quarreling Beatrice and Benedick, often upstage the show’s main romantic plot line.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
The victim, 36, was quarreling with an unknown man on the street in the 400 block of North Wells Street just after 7 p.m. when the second man pulled out a firearm and shot the victim, striking him in the left arm, police said.
—William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarrel
Noun
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The notice comes in the midst of a broader legal dispute between Wilson and The Deb's producers.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Peter was working on Chime’s internal tools for managing customer support and disputes.—
Jeff Kauflin,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Sunny and Ulla have a tendency to bicker, and each can resort to brandishing cultural stereotypes as a cudgel when arguing with the other.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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That was the thing that gave us the ability to feel quite free in the scenes — not changing the words or changing the sense of the scene — but trust trying different things, having that bickering back and forth, finding that easygoing relationship between the two of them.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
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The department did not say how many shots were fired during the altercation.—
Craig Shoup,
Murfreesboro Daily News Journal,
1 Aug. 2025
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The victim had told police that there had been an altercation earlier in the day that involved her son, and that she had been invited to speak with the family about the earlier incident, the report states.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Though some have argued there are similarities in how Trump works as a statesman, in comparison to Reagan.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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While the two argued over the definition of a restaurant, Kennedy said a letter from the Sacramento Environmental Health Division classified Mei Wah as a bar.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Lose your only Harmonizer, and a small disagreement can turn into a productivity-killing feud.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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What started as a financial disagreement quickly turned into a tense family standoff.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
10 Aug. 2025
Verb
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For nonprofits, this means less time fighting fires and more time delivering impact.—
Saurav Bhattacharya,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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In 2022, only 22 percent of Ukrainians favored a negotiated end to the war, and 73 percent favored Ukraine fighting until victory.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Super Micro has faced significant controversy over the past year, including allegations of accounting irregularities, delays in SEC filings, and scrutiny from short-sellers.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The controversy kicked off in June when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced its plans to resume using diquat and other herbicides to combat the spread of invasive hydrilla along the river.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Preparation has cultural and regional variations, but the seed is usually chewed with slaked lime and betel leaves, and chewing releases a red juice that's often then spat out.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
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“Quarrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarrel. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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