as in bickering
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 wrangling
The federal investigation into the shooting was ongoing at the time of the House floor wrangling, and official details about a person of interest and potential motive remains limited Wednesday night.
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Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
But the salad days of spiders and mosquitoes may only last a short while, with adult dowitchers wrangling their months-old babies and guiding them to warmth via the Pacific Flyway, a north-south migration route stretching from Alaska to Patagonia in South America.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Just don't expect Tommy to pull up his sagging Wrangler jeans, or stop wrangling.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
So one Thursday night in June, after wrangling bedtime, my husband and I pulled off the most intense pack job of our lives.
—Jenny Wiegand, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025
Intuitive systems mean less time wrangling outdated software; and in hospitality, this means more time building guest relationships.
—Michael Coscetta, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Today, teams spend hours wrangling spreadsheets, syncing tools and cleaning customer relationship management (CRM) fields.
—Aurelien Aubert, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Taylor Stanberry placed first after wrangling 60 of the snakes during the 10-day competition in the Everglades, raking in a whopping $10,000 prize, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Again, wrangling people and convincing them to join the show was one of the hardest parts of the first season.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
But the salad days of spiders and mosquitoes may only last a short while, with adult dowitchers wrangling their months-old babies and guiding them to warmth via the Pacific Flyway, a north-south migration route stretching from Alaska to Patagonia in South America.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Just don't expect Tommy to pull up his sagging Wrangler jeans, or stop wrangling.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
So one Thursday night in June, after wrangling bedtime, my husband and I pulled off the most intense pack job of our lives.
—Jenny Wiegand, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025
Intuitive systems mean less time wrangling outdated software; and in hospitality, this means more time building guest relationships.
—Michael Coscetta, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Today, teams spend hours wrangling spreadsheets, syncing tools and cleaning customer relationship management (CRM) fields.
—Aurelien Aubert, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Taylor Stanberry placed first after wrangling 60 of the snakes during the 10-day competition in the Everglades, raking in a whopping $10,000 prize, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Again, wrangling people and convincing them to join the show was one of the hardest parts of the first season.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrangling
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Coaches are also bickering about money, a topic that would have felt out of place 10 years ago.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The casting here is perfection itself, with Cumberbatch and Colman bickering back and forth with all the drawing-room style of a new age Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall, or maybe the Burton and Taylor of The Taming of the Shrew with a dab of Virginia Woolf.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
25 Aug. 2025
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The emotional ballast of the film — Davidson’s bond with Dottie Achenbach (a wonderful Maxine Peake), the mother of one his childhood friends, who is also fighting her own health battles — also suffers from moments of incoherence, but the immense power of that bond goes a long way.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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And while Johnson’s team is still fighting to climb NASCAR’s competitive ladder, results are starting to follow.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Who doesn’t have childhood memories of arguing about Boardwalk and Park Place until the popcorn bowl got knocked over during an evening of wholesome family entertainment?—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Sep. 2025
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In one video, a female student and the professor can be heard arguing over gender identity being taught in a children’s literature class.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Will the two be allowed to wed, or will Ellen’s brothers, quarrelling over their father’s chair, bargain her off to other suitors to improve their chances?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Wrangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrangling. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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