as in dispute
a long and angry conflict between two people or two groups
The workers' feud with management concerns health benefits and pay increases. Because of a family feud, they did not see each other for a decade.
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Recent Examples of feud
Some reformist party members openly criticized Yoon’s actions and cast ballots to impeach him, triggering a feud with the party’s old guard who supported the president.
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Time, 8 Apr. 2025
When rejected, Eady left, however, the veteran reality star was not ready to end the feud.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2025
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Tuesday laughed off the feud, saying that differences of opinions are healthy.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
But while addressing those claims on the Howard Stern Show, White denied that the duo had much of a feud to begin with.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Time, 8 Apr. 2025
When rejected, Eady left, however, the veteran reality star was not ready to end the feud.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2025
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Tuesday laughed off the feud, saying that differences of opinions are healthy.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
But while addressing those claims on the Howard Stern Show, White denied that the duo had much of a feud to begin with.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feud
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Approach with caution, look at reviews, and maybe don’t use your main credit card (or at least keep your bank’s dispute line handy).—
Francesca Krempa,
StyleCaster,
10 Apr. 2025
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No arrests were made, and there was no further investigation into the dispute.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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As the Venetians and the Ottoman Turks squabble over Cyprus in the background, the men before us quarrel over everything—a woman, a job, a handkerchief.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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The basketball star has a reputation for being able to silence media noise in the most crucial moments, but the family element of this quarrel seems to have hit a little too close to home this time.—
Christian Orozco,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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The two then had an altercation, during which one of the children was knocked over and Villalobos fled, according to authorities.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Although officially estranged, the couple were still living together with their three sons under the age of 11 at the time of the July 16, 2023, altercation outside their house.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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That means better customer service, stronger relationships with clients and partners, and more personalized interactions. AI as a tool — not a replacement A common misunderstanding among small businesses is that AI will make their operations more transactional and less personal.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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Front-line employees can either supercharge their efforts through AI or hold back the value of transformation through misuse or misunderstanding.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Up next, a ubiquitous presence on television, unafraid of controversy, sounding off on everything from sports to pop culture to politics.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2025
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The sort-of antagonist in The Last of Us Part II first stirred up controversy when the game originally debuted in 2020.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
13 Apr. 2025
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Since then, while tallies have fluctuated, the average has been around 180 clashes per day, an increase of about 30%.—
Andrew Carey and Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described the public clash between Musk and Navarro as an example of the administration's transparency.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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Jake is a single father who has brought Kristen up in the severe Calvinist tradition, marked by Bible disputations of Talmudic intricacy and by a radical detachment from secular and popular culture.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2023
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Seven decades later, this culture of disputation emerged as a central theme in Timothy Garton Ash’s The Magic Lantern, his eyewitness report on the Eastern European revolutions of 1989.—
Susie Linfield,
The New York Review of Books,
11 May 2022
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The Clue: This Wordle has two consonants and two vowels in a row.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Tampa starts this series as losers of four in a row.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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