squabbled

past tense of squabble

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of squabbled The parties have squabbled over the lawsuit's jurisdiction for months. Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025 Awarded a second-half penalty against Bremen, Patrik Schick and Exequiel Palacios squabbled over who should take it, in a cliche of team dysfunction. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squabbled
Verb
  • In recent years, the companies have bickered about the rise of streaming services, in which the media companies are investing billions of dollars and which lure away cable and satellite customers.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Communists and socialists bickered over doctrine and orthodoxy.
    Kornel Chang September 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • City officials argued that yoga — even when taught for free or by donation — is a commercial activity and not protected by the First Amendment.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Residents acknowledged there’s always going to be some noise in a dense urban area like downtown, but argued the noise from cars and motorcycles is above the normal din.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Most had quarrelled with someone right before the act.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Bangkok and Phnom Penh have quarreled for decades over undemarcated parts of their 508-mile land border, which was first mapped by France in 1907 when Cambodia was its colony.
    Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Rachel Goldberg-Polin fought to save her son’s life.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Years after Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman fought to the death to save his fellow soldiers, an intelligence officer strives to prove his valor — leading an investigation that ultimately would secure him the Medal of Honor.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Squabbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squabbled. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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