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or quarrelled
as in bickered
to express different opinions about something often angrily
the coach and the referee quarreled about whether the ball was in bounds
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Tepper argued that over time, the move would reduce funding for public high schools, necessitating cuts that were likely to affect their football programs.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025 -
Failure to do so, Bush argued, would push talented researchers into private industry.—
Trysh Travis / Made by History,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
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Goldberg disputed his characterization.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Mar. 2025
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What cannot be disputed, however, is that the Padres have invested and continue to invest in their team at a level that is well beyond what not long ago was unthinkable in San Diego and is still seen as unfeasible in several places like it.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Quarreled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarreled. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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