as in defendant
a person who takes part in a dispute
the neighbors can be squabblers sometimes, but they're really no worse than most couples
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Noun
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Instead, the church, Refuge of Hope, and Brook View Rye, LLC were listed as defendants.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025 -
Other defendants are Leroy & Morton Productions and Karla Zambrano, RadicalMedia’s head of production.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2025
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The solicitor general, who argues on behalf of the federal government before the Supreme Court, said that the plaintiffs who brought the case did not have the legal right to sue.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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Fair use is always about uses the plaintiff doesn’t approve of; that’s why there is a lawsuit.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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As public anger over the clip grew, fighters in armored vehicles amassed overnight outside Jaramana and began shelling the city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitoring group based in Britain.—
Euan Ward,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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The fighter was an F/A-18 Hornet flying off the Truman.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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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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However, if the harassment or dispute is simply two neighbors being un-neighborly toward each other, the HOA’s best response may be to offer a volunteer board member to meet with the disputants to try to host a discussion between them.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Four top contestants will advance to the four-game (two-episode) semifinals.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Six contestants were eliminated during The Voice Season 27 Playoffs on Monday night (April 28), as Team Adam and Team Kelsea faced off in a night filled with standout performances, tough decisions, and no second chances.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
29 Apr. 2025
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Some consumer advocates argue that individual people who are so often being targeted by businesses and government activities need their own AI agents to defend them.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Commissioner Adam Silver has been a vocal advocate of Congress creating federal betting legislation.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
2 May 2025
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“Squabbler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squabbler. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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