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
Drake isn’t letting his feud with Kendrick Lamar fade anytime soon.
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 13 July 2025
Egg regulation lawsuit is the latest salvo between Trump and California
The lawsuit is the latest in a feud and war of words with the state of California and Gov. Gavin Newsom.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 12 July 2025
Omega’s diverticulitis figures to be the story of this match since the big angle to launch this feud saw Okada deliver an elbow to Omega’s gut, leading to internal injuries.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Speaking of Frank, his polite feud (by Frank’s standards) with Mr. Johnson turns out to be nothing more than a diversion.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 July 2025
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 13 July 2025
Egg regulation lawsuit is the latest salvo between Trump and California
The lawsuit is the latest in a feud and war of words with the state of California and Gov. Gavin Newsom.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 12 July 2025
Omega’s diverticulitis figures to be the story of this match since the big angle to launch this feud saw Okada deliver an elbow to Omega’s gut, leading to internal injuries.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Speaking of Frank, his polite feud (by Frank’s standards) with Mr. Johnson turns out to be nothing more than a diversion.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feud
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Threads on the South Park subreddit and social media have lit up with foul-mouthed complaints from international fans, most of them directed at Paramount and David Ellison’s Skydance Media, whose $8 billion buyout of Paramount is at the heart of the South Park dispute.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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But there are still some sour grapes about the big tactical dispute in February.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
14 July 2025
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Your celestial ruler, Mercury, will also station retrograde in your communication sector (for the win), triggering misunderstandings and unnecessary quarrels with siblings or neighbors.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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According to writer and historian Geoffrey C. Ward, Johnson had his quarrels inside and outside the ring.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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During the altercation, a man pulled a gun and shot Ramirez.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
23 July 2025
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See Jackie Christie and Chantel’s unfortunate altercation above.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
22 July 2025
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Clear, empathetic listening reduces misunderstandings and turns communication into collaboration.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Mercury, your celestial ruler, stations direct on Aug. 11, clearing up misunderstandings and freeing your mind.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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Since then the Epstein controversy has become a major issue for Trump as backlash builds following the release of the DOJ memo.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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Taylor Swift's surprise mural appearance and the controversy surrounding the sale of her masters to Scooter Braun added to the city's buzz.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 July 2025
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Navarro and Griffin have long had tension on the air, including past eye-rolling and clashes.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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Which is why policy analysts are scratching their heads about what exactly lies behind the escalating border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
25 July 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 vowels and two consonants in a row.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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The goal for the two contestants — almost always a man and a woman, better known as Mr. X and Miss Circle — was to win three squares in a row by deciding whether the star in the square was telling the truth when asked a trivia question.—
Lindsay Soll,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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