as in discord
a lack of agreement or harmony
continued infighting has just completely robbed that political action committee of its effectiveness
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Recent Examples of infighting
Over the years, different iterations of the subway project have been blocked by political infighting and local opposition from some neighborhoods.
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Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
That’s when Trump made his pronouncements on infighting in Tehran, but in truth the Iranian statements were in accord with each other.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
Navratilova ended the night by calling for an end to Democratic infighting.
—Shauna Muckle, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
Wednesday's vote did not come without GOP infighting.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
That’s when Trump made his pronouncements on infighting in Tehran, but in truth the Iranian statements were in accord with each other.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
Navratilova ended the night by calling for an end to Democratic infighting.
—Shauna Muckle, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
Wednesday's vote did not come without GOP infighting.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infighting
Noun
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The discord underscores a delicate balancing act, in which Abu Dhabi has doubled down on defense coordination with the US and Israel during the Iran conflict.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
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Geopolitical turmoil, tax hikes on the wealthy and political discord have driven more wealthy to seek backup plans and residency in other countries.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
Noun
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During her weekslong trial, friends of Richinses described how the couple had moments of material strife and struggled with infidelity.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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After a season of strife, Owen and Teddy’s last moments on screen (for now, at least) mark a happy ending for the long-lasting couple.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Tensions between Rian and Patrick flare when Rian drunkenly mentions a brief fling with Shiv, though the film’s clunky edit, which gives little room for the performances to breathe and play out organically within their contexts, makes these frictions feel stilted and juvenile.—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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Her 15 months in the role were marked by friction with Trump sparked by her more libertarian leanings — her past opposition to war with Iran, for one, made for particularly awkward Hill testimony soon after the president entered the current conflict.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
22 May 2026
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The data shows that since the Middle East conflict erupted at the end of February, global jet fuel prices have surged rapidly.—
,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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With the end of the Middle East conflict nowhere in sight and the average cost of California gasoline more than $6 per gallon, a road trip is probably the last thing Californians want to do right now.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
19 Nov. 2025
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The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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Now, seemingly under pressure from the economic fallout from the war with Iran, Modi has framed ordinary consumer choices, such as buying less petrol and choosing work-from-home, as acts of patriotism.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 May 2026
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Tawil hadn’t been home since the war began, nearly six weeks earlier.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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The group, formed in 1970 to oppose Vatican II modernizations, has quietly become a parallel church operating globally with 733 priests, 264 seminarians and 50 nationalities despite decades of schism.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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At a time when the regime is desperate to project a united front against the US and Israel, discontent over who can do what online is creating a very public schism across a swathe of Iranian society.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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George had pushed to reconfigure the Army’s battlefield strategy to incorporate drone warfare and had worked with Ukraine’s military to learn from its experience.—
Stephen Groves,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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In experiments inspired by drone warfare, his team asked participants to categorize images as civilians or enemy combatants and to choose whether to fire a missile at each potential target.—
Steven Melendez,
Scientific American,
22 May 2026
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“Infighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infighting. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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