quarreled (with)

variants or quarrelled (with)
Definition of quarreled (with)next
past tense of quarrel (with)
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protested
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  • Faculty leaders criticized the process as opaque and politically driven, while students protested his conservative positions on LGBTQ+ issues and higher education.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
  • Naturalists and later scientists also protested such allegorical uses of primates.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 18 May 2026
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“Quarreled (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarreled%20%28with%29. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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