as in bickered
to express different opinions about something often angrily
a town meeting at which local residents wrangled for hours about property taxes
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Recent Examples of wrangled
After being wrangled by organizers, the Czechoslovakian wolfdog – officially called a Czechoslovakian Vlciak by the American Kennel Club (AKC) – was later returned to his owners who, as NPR reports, are related to one of the event officials.
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Then, from there, a big question is how cheaters can be wrangled.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The Denver Broncos wrangled their biggest win in a decade from Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills but suffered an enormous loss in the process.
—Arnie Stapleton, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2026
New Hampshire has wrangled for years over proposals to restrict student voting and tighten voter ID requirements while blocking attempts by Democrats to expand early voting and mail balloting.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2026
It’s definitely wrangled with and worked out — not worked out!
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Nov. 2025
Last season, the Rangers barely wrangled a 37-33 victory.
—Chloe Soule’, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Colombia and Peru have often wrangled over their frontier.
—John Otis, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
Stella Budelli, 11, wrangled her goat onto a stage, and watched as a representative from Les Schwab Tire Center won her animal.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Then, from there, a big question is how cheaters can be wrangled.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The Denver Broncos wrangled their biggest win in a decade from Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills but suffered an enormous loss in the process.
—Arnie Stapleton, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2026
New Hampshire has wrangled for years over proposals to restrict student voting and tighten voter ID requirements while blocking attempts by Democrats to expand early voting and mail balloting.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2026
It’s definitely wrangled with and worked out — not worked out!
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Nov. 2025
Last season, the Rangers barely wrangled a 37-33 victory.
—Chloe Soule’, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Colombia and Peru have often wrangled over their frontier.
—John Otis, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
Stella Budelli, 11, wrangled her goat onto a stage, and watched as a representative from Les Schwab Tire Center won her animal.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrangled
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The actors jokingly bickered about their history with the ceremony, with Cheadle remarking that Clooney hadn’t won since 2026 winner Timothée Chalamet was 3 years old.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Jan. 2026
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On 33 occasions since 2017, Congress has been forced to pass emergency extensions to the flood insurance program, as lawmakers bickered over budgets and looming shutdowns threatened to disrupt it, according to a letter the National Association of Realtors sent to Congress ahead of the shutdown.—
Rukmini Callimachi,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Some board members who voted no said the district had not sufficiently demonstrated that broad layoff notices were the most responsible or strategic option and argued that the analysis did not fully account for the operational and human consequences of issuing RIF notices at that scale.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The war enters its fifth year this month, and Kyiv is in a stronger position than at the start of 2025, a Carnegie Endowment expert argued in Foreign Affairs.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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When her parents fought, Roberts Giuffre would huddle with her little brother, covering his ears.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Mayweather has fought in eight exhibition matches since, the last one coming against John Gotti III — the grandson of infamous mob boss John Gotti — in Mexico City in August 2024.—
Matt Schubert,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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For the past seven months, SDC has quarreled with state officials and lawmakers over its community action agency title.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
26 Nov. 2025
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Rhoden's biggest political victory this year was getting the state Legislature to sign off on a $650 million plan in September to replace the 141-year-old state penitentiary, an issue the Legislature had quarreled over for years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Nov. 2025
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The Orthodox in Ukraine’s east clashed with the Catholics in its west along precisely the fault line Huntington sketched.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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Last year, the budget process went into overtime as the two chambers fought over sales taxes and clashed with DeSantis.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Wrangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrangled. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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