as in disputes
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
frightened by noise of the squabble, the cat hid under the couch
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as in bickers
to express different opinions about something often angrily
the children squabbled loudly over who got to play with the toy first
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Recent Examples of squabbles
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 May 2026
Locals are happy to regale you with tales of family squabbles and fishing exploits at any of the seaside watering holes.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
Season two is largely about power dynamics and money squabbles between players, co-workers, family members and friends.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
The playground squabbles should be sorted out with a good clout round to the head.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
Nicky and Morgan get accidentally sucked into the vortex of a nasty crime syndicate after Morgan squabbles with a clerk (Boran Kuzum) about jewelry at a store and then filches it.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
But even with the reduced wishlist, many bills died in House-Senate squabbles.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
But the amount of water flowing downstream has been dropping due to a long-term drought at the same time, causing squabbles among the states over who gets how much for farming, drinking and industrial uses.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
Space multiple feeders out of sight to avoid hummingbird squabbles.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
But even the past shows signs of treading water, with the team returning to schoolgirl squabbles while their survival isn’t in immediate danger.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 May 2026
Locals are happy to regale you with tales of family squabbles and fishing exploits at any of the seaside watering holes.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
Season two is largely about power dynamics and money squabbles between players, co-workers, family members and friends.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
The playground squabbles should be sorted out with a good clout round to the head.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
Nicky and Morgan get accidentally sucked into the vortex of a nasty crime syndicate after Morgan squabbles with a clerk (Boran Kuzum) about jewelry at a store and then filches it.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
But even with the reduced wishlist, many bills died in House-Senate squabbles.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
But the amount of water flowing downstream has been dropping due to a long-term drought at the same time, causing squabbles among the states over who gets how much for farming, drinking and industrial uses.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
Space multiple feeders out of sight to avoid hummingbird squabbles.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squabbles
Noun
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Dela Rosa’s legal predicament came as political disputes escalated between the Duterte family and Marcos.—
Jim Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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The rival superpowers entered the summit divided over thorny issues including Taiwan, trade disputes and the Iran war.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
Verb
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The pope, played by Samora la Perdida, is a mincing oaf who bickers with Galas about the value of translating Wagner.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In a 2024 study, researchers found that chimpanzee mothers tended to step in to defend their children in quarrels—say, over food or space in a tree—in about half of cases the researchers observed in the wild.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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As the trio quarrels, bonds and ventures through the wild unknown, Felix discovers that true bravery may change not only his own destiny, but also the future of his home.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 May 2026
Verb
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His wife, Elizabeth, fights to hold things together at all costs, while their daughter, Jenna, confronts the collapse of her aspirations to attend Juilliard.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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Jamie fights him off pretty easily and Ferguson is taken prisoner.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Complaints concerning persistent and growing inequality of opportunity, education, and employment, and disagreements over its political settlement, sparked riots as recently as 2024.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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There have even been internal disagreements on the timeline to go public, according to the Journal, with CEO Sam Altman pushing for a faster debut than CFO Sarah Friar.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
Verb
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The lawsuit argues that the ordinance is overridden by Missouri’s liquor laws.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
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No one argues that the Honduran with a criminal record shouldn’t have been picked up and sent to the infamous ICE holding facility in Broadview, the western suburb in Cook County, which last fall was the target of numerous protests by anti-immigration demonstrators.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Charles Melton plays an American GI named Private K who’s trying to locate his daughter and keeps getting into bloody altercations.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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The cases stemmed from a series of allegations, each made that the other acted violently in a series of altercations that month.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Avoid going into crisis mode as the moon clashes with Pluto.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Azure Blue Azure blue also clashes with the warm, 3000K, soft white bulb that most of us prefer for a relaxing soak.—
Natasha Bazika,
Martha Stewart,
9 May 2026
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