as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily
tedious departmental meetings at which staffers would argufy endlessly
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Their repatriation comes amid accusations and bickering over whether either side had targeted civilians and breached the laws of war, and sharp nationalist feuding on social media.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
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Naturally, while bickering on the phone with each other, both encounter not only ghosts that curse people but also aliens trying to rebuild their race by abducting Earth women.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Lawyers for the National TPS Alliance argued that Noem's decisions were predetermined by President Donald Trump's campaign promises and motivated by racial animus.—
JANIE HAR,
Arkansas Online,
2 Aug. 2025
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Lawyers for the National TPS Alliance argue that Noem’s decisions were not based on objective analysis of conditions at home countries, but predetermined by President Donald Trump’s campaign promises and motivated by racial animus.—
Janie Har,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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Trump’s tariffs are unpopular in polls, and businesses have fought them.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Unlike the Biden administration, Trump officials have not fought in the courts to preserve SAVE, and recently, Congress repealed the plan altogether.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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Maliciously or willfully disturbing a funeral, memorial service, procession or burial ceremony. Threatening, quarreling or challenging to fight someone, or fighting.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
16 June 2025
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After much quarrelling, with India threatening a boycott which would essentially sink the tournament, there was a compromise reached just two months out of the event.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Trump and Epstein reportedly had a falling out after a competition to purchase a Palm Beach mansion called Maison de l'Amitie, according to the Washington Post.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
31 July 2025
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Created by Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, the cozy, gauzy, Los Angeles–set comedy follows two former best friends in their 40s, Will and Sylvia, who reconnect years after a falling out, each in the midst of their own midlife crisis.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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Fans also try to tear down fences and clash with police at a Death From Above 1979 reunion show at the Beauty Bar.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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Chantel’s aggressive, no-nonsense delivery clashed with Jackie’s passive-deflective tone, turning what could’ve been a breakthrough into yet another blow-up.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
22 July 2025
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
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The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
15 May 2024
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“Argufy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/argufy. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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