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
Then there’s the push and pull of wrangling with City Hall.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026
In the video, shared on Kennedy's personal X account Tuesday, the health secretary is seen wrangling the snakes with his bare hands, holding the creatures up to the camera as his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, cheers him on in the background.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 27 May 2026
Expect some wrangling over who gets to buy the Jean Prouvé aluminum sideboard at the Laffanour booth.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Adjusting to feeling sticky and sweaty and wrangling your AC unit into the window is hard enough.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 14 May 2026
Washington — Tension is building among the policymakers tasked with wrangling inflation as the economic effects of the US-Israeli war with Iran broaden.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Above all, Munden and his crew have done a fine job of wrangling good work from masses of kids, some quite little, in what must have been challenging conditions.
—Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
Above all, Munden and his crew have done a fine job of wrangling good work from masses of kids, some quite little, in what must have been challenging conditions.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
As a longtime trustee of The Met, Condé Nast’s chief content officer, and Vogue’s global editorial director, Wintour plays an integral role in wrangling donors, celebrities and designers to to the blowout event.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026
In the video, shared on Kennedy's personal X account Tuesday, the health secretary is seen wrangling the snakes with his bare hands, holding the creatures up to the camera as his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, cheers him on in the background.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 27 May 2026
Expect some wrangling over who gets to buy the Jean Prouvé aluminum sideboard at the Laffanour booth.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Adjusting to feeling sticky and sweaty and wrangling your AC unit into the window is hard enough.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 14 May 2026
Washington — Tension is building among the policymakers tasked with wrangling inflation as the economic effects of the US-Israeli war with Iran broaden.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Above all, Munden and his crew have done a fine job of wrangling good work from masses of kids, some quite little, in what must have been challenging conditions.
—Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
Above all, Munden and his crew have done a fine job of wrangling good work from masses of kids, some quite little, in what must have been challenging conditions.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
As a longtime trustee of The Met, Condé Nast’s chief content officer, and Vogue’s global editorial director, Wintour plays an integral role in wrangling donors, celebrities and designers to to the blowout event.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrangling
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While the concrete cured, the starting eight matches of the first-ever World Cup were relocated to Pocitos and Gran Parque Central, the home grounds of capital rivals Peñarol and Nacional, who'd been bickering since their first meeting in July 1900.—
Paul Jebara,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
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SpaceX and the Pentagon have been bickering about the price of using Starshield satellite service during the Iran war, according to a Reuters report published today.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 May 2026
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Russia warns of major Kyiv attacks The Kremlin urged foreign diplomats to leave Kyiv, warning of a major forthcoming attack, with analysts arguing that Russia is losing momentum in its war on Ukraine.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 May 2026
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The men were arguing about a conflict that their children were having, the mother told the TV station.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Now, Troiano said, his organization is focused on fighting bills in about a dozen states that would close party primaries to independent voters.—
Eric McDaniel,
NPR,
30 May 2026
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The Hema and Lendu ethnic groups have been fighting over land and minerals in the gold-rich province of Ituri since the Second Congo War in the late 1990s and early 2000s.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Now might not seem the moment for Democrats to be quarrelling, but many of them believe that the only way to build the Party back up is to remake it.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The lack of money has, at times, led to quarrelling between the services - most notably pitting the navy against the army and the Royal Air Force.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Wrangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrangling. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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