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
His size and demeanor are perfect for wrangling crowds and looking over heads at Titans games to see if people are trying to access vehicles in the parking lot, officers say.
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Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Aside from external threats, there are internal divisions, with wrangling among Labour lawmakers limiting the ruling party's ability to change policy, with several significant U-turns on welfare spending reforms in recent months.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
This last item involves lofting a specialized spacecraft into orbit, armed with grippers or other satellite-wrangling tech that can target and grab orbiting stuff.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
But even if managers aren’t solely overseeing robots, wrangling technology systems could still be a major change for those whose jobs are not highly technical today.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
The number of people wrangling with the new reality of retirement is staggering.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Integrating new sensors with legacy machines, wrangling huge data sets, and training personnel all require effort.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Wyatt exited and then returned to the project amid creative fissures, including wrangling over the movie’s tone, pacing, and length.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
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.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Aside from external threats, there are internal divisions, with wrangling among Labour lawmakers limiting the ruling party's ability to change policy, with several significant U-turns on welfare spending reforms in recent months.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
This last item involves lofting a specialized spacecraft into orbit, armed with grippers or other satellite-wrangling tech that can target and grab orbiting stuff.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
But even if managers aren’t solely overseeing robots, wrangling technology systems could still be a major change for those whose jobs are not highly technical today.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
The number of people wrangling with the new reality of retirement is staggering.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Integrating new sensors with legacy machines, wrangling huge data sets, and training personnel all require effort.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Wyatt exited and then returned to the project amid creative fissures, including wrangling over the movie’s tone, pacing, and length.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
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.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrangling
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Jennifer Aniston’s Alex Levy, Reese Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson, and the other members of The Morning Show’s newsroom and its network are once again bickering and backstabbing.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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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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But instead of fighting my body and losing, now my body and I fight together against our enemy, anxiety.—
Jack Korngold,
Rolling Stone,
28 Sep. 2025
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Meghan and Harry might be fighting constantly over her Netflix show With Love, Meghan.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For decades, DeLodder said, hospitals have quelled the establishment of freestanding birthing centers by arguing against their necessity.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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The budget director wrote the project’s chapter on the Executive Office of the President, arguing that the bureaucracy is riddled with inefficiencies and corruption.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Oct. 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 5 Oct. 2025.
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