variants
or quarreller
as in defendant
a person who takes part in a dispute
known as the quarreler in the family, she never dropped an argument, no matter how pointless
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Dressed in a button-down shirt and slacks, with restraints across his stomach, wrists and legs, defendant Stacey Wondra sat between his public defenders Tuesday and listened as witness after witness took the stand at the Payette County Courthouse.—
Alex Brizee
March 3,
Idaho Statesman,
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Timing of Galati’s killing central to case The lawsuit names Sacramento County, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office as defendants.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Supreme Court’s decision offered no guidance on remediation for importers that paid into the IEEPA tariff scheme, though justices questioned both lawyers for the plaintiffs and the defense about what such a process might look like during oral arguments in November.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Mar. 2026
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The suit was filed on behalf of two anonymous plaintiffs affected by the law, who are trans men.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2026
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France meanwhile has deployed Rafale fighter jets over the skies of the United Arab Emirates to protect its military bases there.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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Tehran residents also saw fighter jets flying very low over the city.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
3 Mar. 2026
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Judging simply by the crowd’s response, the debaters arguing that CSOs remain relevant won handily.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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The idea of writing down your arguments came from a technique used by debaters.—
Jeff Banowetz,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Jay Treaty asked the disputants merely to start a process leading to the appointment of arbitrators qualified to decide their disputes fairly and finally.—
Tom Bell,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2025
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The audience and actor are like disputants kept in different rooms, forbidden to see each other fully.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Unlike Iditarod contestants, they are allowed outside help.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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The very first episode of ANTM subjected the contestants to on-camera Brazilian bikini waxes and then sent them up to a Manhattan roof terrace to pose in swimwear in frigid weather.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Quarreler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarreler. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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