as in bickered
to express different opinions about something often angrily
a town meeting at which local residents wrangled for hours about property taxes
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Recent Examples of wrangled
But its Defense Investment Plan has been repeatedly delayed as military leaders and Treasury officials wrangled over the cost, and critics said its pledge of a 15-billion-pound ($20-billion) boost to defense spending won’t be enough.
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Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Years of uncertainty followed, as Britain and the European Union wrangled over what their future trading relationship would look like.
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Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Ringel and Levy Dagerman personally wrangled roughly 20 marketing promotions designed at engaging local audiences to come out, and the film managed to open on over 250 screens as a result.
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Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
So, Nitzany wrangled and grabbed the python while onlookers stood back and watched.
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Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
In 1913, the Pennsylvania Game Commission arranged to have fifty elk wrangled out of Yellowstone National Park, hauled back to Pennsylvania by rail, and turned loose.
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Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
In 1956, at a time when Black cowboys weren’t allowed to compete in rodeos, Charles LeBlanc wrangled 22 Black farmers and ranchers to create the Okmulgee County Roundup Club, an organization that would go on to launch the Okmulgee All Colored Rodeo.
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Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
While in character, Sweeney went topless multiple times, sported a tiny Y2K butterfly top, experienced a few wedding nip slips, and even wrangled a python.
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Meg Walters,
InStyle,
1 June 2026
Plus, its tangle-free brush system has self-adjusting rubber brushes to prevent clogging — a convenient detail that could have wrangled both my husky’s fur and my long hair.
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Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Years of uncertainty followed, as Britain and the European Union wrangled over what their future trading relationship would look like.
—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Ringel and Levy Dagerman personally wrangled roughly 20 marketing promotions designed at engaging local audiences to come out, and the film managed to open on over 250 screens as a result.
—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
So, Nitzany wrangled and grabbed the python while onlookers stood back and watched.
—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
In 1913, the Pennsylvania Game Commission arranged to have fifty elk wrangled out of Yellowstone National Park, hauled back to Pennsylvania by rail, and turned loose.
—
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
In 1956, at a time when Black cowboys weren’t allowed to compete in rodeos, Charles LeBlanc wrangled 22 Black farmers and ranchers to create the Okmulgee County Roundup Club, an organization that would go on to launch the Okmulgee All Colored Rodeo.
—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
While in character, Sweeney went topless multiple times, sported a tiny Y2K butterfly top, experienced a few wedding nip slips, and even wrangled a python.
—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
1 June 2026
Plus, its tangle-free brush system has self-adjusting rubber brushes to prevent clogging — a convenient detail that could have wrangled both my husky’s fur and my long hair.
—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrangled
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King bickered with fans on social media.
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But Tilly and Gershon playfully bickered onstage as the former remembered things slightly differently, with Tilly saying the problem had more to do with a shot of her hand on Gershon's crotch that was deemed too realistic.
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The settlement stems from a 2022 federal class action suit filed by YouTube TV subscribers who argued that Disney used its control over must-have programming, including content tied to ESPN and Hulu, to influence the broader live streaming market.
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Blutinger, a Jewish studies professor at Long Beach State University, had argued that Israel was not committing genocide in Gaza and that the protests on university campuses seemed supportive of Hamas.
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The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William's family tree.
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Both exist in spite of the odds, symbols of perseverance and community — memorials to those who fought to establish a new country and a new state, and who happened to do it in a place that proved particularly untamable.
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In fact, Twain might well have quarreled with the whole premise of celebrating America’s 250th birthday.
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He's previously quarreled with LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Russell Westbrook and Draymond Green.
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Iranian authorities, in turn, view armed Kurdish factions as separatist or terrorist threats, especially groups such as PJAK, which has clashed for years with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps along Iran’s western border.
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Plane Jane and Drag Race judge Law Roach clashed on Project Runway in front of Tyra Banks.
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“Wrangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrangled. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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