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
What Happens Next Over the next two weeks, the Comey case shifts from procedural wrangling to substantive tests that will determine its future.
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The most difficult part was tracking down the beginning and end of each cord and wrangling the three giant pieces.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
There’s sure to be more industry wrangling among studios, guilds, lawyers and judges over the parameters of how AI is used in a profressional context.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The most difficult part was tracking down the beginning and end of each cord and wrangling the three giant pieces.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
There’s sure to be more industry wrangling among studios, guilds, lawyers and judges over the parameters of how AI is used in a profressional context.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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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Even a small showing of functional toughness from Tyler Kleven, fighting Joe Veleno after a thunderous check on Canadiens defenceman Alexandre Carrier, proved to be somewhat ill-advised.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Learning to trust someone who hurt her so deeply again, especially when pesky romantic feelings won’t stop fighting to the surface.—
Brittany Johnson,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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The two were arguing inside a car and then got out of the car, where the fight escalated, police said.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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One report, citing a source close to Sheridan, even claimed the writer was annoyed that Paramount sent too many of its top suits to a meeting designed to keep Sheridan onboard, arguing that Ellison had messed up by bringing more than two execs along with him.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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The discovery was entirely by chance, and happened when an officer responded to Mirella's parents' residence after neighbors reported quarreling, per several outlets.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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The political malaise risks metastasizing into an economic crisis because the quarreling political parties cannot agree on a way forward, such as passing a budget and addressing the country's alarming budget deficit and mounting national debt.—
John Toher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Wrangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrangling. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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