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
Last season, the Rangers barely wrangled a 37-33 victory.
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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
Yellowstone spinoff The Dutton Ranch just wrangled another big name to join its cast.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 Sep. 2025
The hemp industry for years has wrangled with state lawmakers and Simpson’s agency over attempts to curtail sales of gummies, flower, vapes and other intoxicating products, which can be more potent than products sold by the state’s highly regulated medical-marijuana operators.
—Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
The alligator is then wrangled into the backseat of a police car for relocation.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
During Grant’s 1868 campaign for the presidency, Americans—particularly American Jews—wrangled with the issue.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
The district was one of several seats in California seen as pivotal in the fight for control of Congress, and was one of three in the state that Democrats wrangled from Republican control.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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
Yellowstone spinoff The Dutton Ranch just wrangled another big name to join its cast.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 Sep. 2025
The hemp industry for years has wrangled with state lawmakers and Simpson’s agency over attempts to curtail sales of gummies, flower, vapes and other intoxicating products, which can be more potent than products sold by the state’s highly regulated medical-marijuana operators.
—Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
The alligator is then wrangled into the backseat of a police car for relocation.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
During Grant’s 1868 campaign for the presidency, Americans—particularly American Jews—wrangled with the issue.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
The district was one of several seats in California seen as pivotal in the fight for control of Congress, and was one of three in the state that Democrats wrangled from Republican control.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrangled
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During the squabble, Darcey and Georgi bickered about the communication issues impacting their relationship, leaving Georgi’s parents Ginka and Ivan concerned about how healthy their son’s relationship was.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Bayrou had argued that young people in France are being burdened with years of debt to accommodate boomers.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The county argued the action didn't violate First Amendment rights because the books were still available to all library users — a point Lesko, Brophy McGee and Stewart stressed for Maricopa County's action.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The fire is fought by four engines, one water tender, two dozers and two hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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After the hit, defenseman Braden Hache, who split time between Barracuda of the AHL and Wichita of the ECHL last season, stepped in and fought Francis.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Most had quarrelled with someone right before the act.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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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
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Cosmists who believed in technology as a messianic force clashed not just with the Svyatogor camp, but also with the communists, whose guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism was predicated on the dismantling of age-old social systems to establish a novel world order.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kirk was no stranger to the UC Davis campus — in 2023, 100 protestors clashed with police at a demonstration against the far-right commentator speaking on campus, resulting in two arrests.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Wrangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrangled. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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