WRANGLED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

wrangled

verb

past tense of wrangle

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 Arizona defensive tackle Dante Stills shot up the middle and wrangled Herbert for a 13-yard loss. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026 That prose was wrangled into branching interactive readability by the skilled hand of narrative lead Mallory Littleton. — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026 When his distant goddaughter Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) shows up with a dubious interest in researching the Dial, Indy is begrudgingly wrangled into One Last Ride. — Frank Deruggiero, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026 The National Chrysanthemum Society has wrangled the whole lot into 13 exhibition-judging categories, each based on flower shape. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 Bansal and Jiang’s solution shows how unfathomably complex systems can be wrangled into something much simpler and easier to study — and offers insights that have potential applications in math, physics, and even machine learning. — Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 Alabama sheriff's deputies and police wrangled a 1,500-pound runaway bull Friday in a foot pursuit across the highway in Pickens County. — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026 Moreover, 90% of the state’s surface waters have been wrangled into pipes and concrete canals, which are far from the ideal habitat of beavers. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2026 Years of uncertainty followed, as Britain and the European Union wrangled over what their future trading relationship would look like. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 22 June 2026

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The two of them together, just 17 months apart, shared playlists, bickered over where to stop during Apple CarPlay calls, pulled up beside me and faded away with silly faces, encapsulating 20 years of my life in my rearview mirror.

— Robert Duffer, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
King bickered with fans on social media.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026

Definition of bickered

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Vukovic argued that the only way Russian influence could decline is via indirect means.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Rubio has argued that before holding new elections, Venezuela must stabilize its economy and rebuild its institutions, including its courts and electoral council.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of argued

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When the Lebanese Civil War ended in 1990, a wall text informs, militias sold off weapons, many of which found their way to the Balkans; the Yugoslav Wars, then, were fought partly with Lebanese arms.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
All but one state fought the lawsuits, including seven that had Republican chief election officers.

— Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of fought

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Between these endpoints of hate and love came an hour-long C-SPAN broadcast, on November 30, 1993, in which the men quarrelled, teased, and fielded calls.

— Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
In Krisevich’s case, Konovalova repeatedly quarreled with the artist and his wife until the couple ultimately escaped Russia in December 2025.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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At least 2,400 people were arrested after rioters in cities across France on Saturday clashed with police, set cars on fire and stormed public buildings during nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools.

— Tom Nouvian, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
At least 1,800 people were arrested this past weekend after violent groups clashed with law enforcement during nationwide protests over rising living costs and poor school conditions.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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