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Verb
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Tales of creative talent clashing with the suits crowd business-school libraries the world over.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
6 May 2026 -
The two served as an odd couple, clashing and complementing each other with their differing personalities.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
5 May 2026
Verb
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The lack of money has, at times, led to quarrelling between the services - most notably pitting the navy against the army and the Royal Air Force.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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Police said witness accounts indicate that the couple arrived at Zuri Hotel in Zanzibar on April 4 and had been quarreling frequently until the night of April 8, when hotel management separated them and asked McCann to move to a separate villa about a 10-minute walk away.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The seven states are wrangling over who should reduce water use and by how much during a drought that's lasted more than two decades.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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Washington — Tension is building among the policymakers tasked with wrangling inflation as the economic effects of the US-Israeli war with Iran broaden.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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“Shopping (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shopping%20%28around%29. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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