as in bickering
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 wrangling
Alicent manages to come through on her promises, wrangling the Gold Cloaks into her schemes and standing down the archers and trebuchet men on the walls.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The State Board of Education, which is controlled by Republicans, approved the list by a 9-5 vote after weeks of contentious debate that again put Texas at the center of wrangling over the role of religion in public schools.
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Jamie Stengle,
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
Champ is getting into the game for real with a minority investment in Rhoback that will put its mix of investment savvy and athlete wrangling to work.
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Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
15 June 2026
An early-morning call about a water main break in a Davie neighborhood on Friday led to a police officer and a fire captain wrangling a 5-foot alligator that state officials had been trying to capture for the past two years.
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Angie Dimichele,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2026
This time, there was some horse wrangling.
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Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
And between Microsoft and Nvidia’s wrangling efforts, lots of Windows developers are also on board with Arm.
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Sean Hollister,
The Verge,
1 June 2026
Then there’s the push and pull of wrangling with City Hall.
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Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
In the video, shared on Kennedy's personal X account Tuesday, the health secretary is seen wrangling the snakes with his bare hands, holding the creatures up to the camera as his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, cheers him on in the background.
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Mason Leib,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The State Board of Education, which is controlled by Republicans, approved the list by a 9-5 vote after weeks of contentious debate that again put Texas at the center of wrangling over the role of religion in public schools.
—
Jamie Stengle,
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
Champ is getting into the game for real with a minority investment in Rhoback that will put its mix of investment savvy and athlete wrangling to work.
—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
15 June 2026
An early-morning call about a water main break in a Davie neighborhood on Friday led to a police officer and a fire captain wrangling a 5-foot alligator that state officials had been trying to capture for the past two years.
—
Angie Dimichele,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2026
This time, there was some horse wrangling.
—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
And between Microsoft and Nvidia’s wrangling efforts, lots of Windows developers are also on board with Arm.
—
Sean Hollister,
The Verge,
1 June 2026
Then there’s the push and pull of wrangling with City Hall.
—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
In the video, shared on Kennedy's personal X account Tuesday, the health secretary is seen wrangling the snakes with his bare hands, holding the creatures up to the camera as his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, cheers him on in the background.
—
Mason Leib,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrangling
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Several weeks back, Clark and White were caught bickering during a timeout huddle against the expansion Portland Fire.
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The plot centers on bickering couple Joe and Angela, who invite their noisy upstairs neighbors, Hawk and Piña, for dinner.
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In 2022, Kroger announced a plan to merge with rival Albertsons, arguing that a larger chain would be better able to compete against rivals.
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The Department of Justice on Thursday declined to turn over additional information from the Epstein files as ordered by a judge, arguing the materials include sensitive victim information or were appropriately redacted as required by law.
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Then some classic fighting soldiers — not American Revolution battles but intergalactic — come blended into the metal music gyrations of the helmet-wearing band Galactic Empire.
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As with fighting the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, the urgency of the problem will likely only sink in when the need arises.
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Now might not seem the moment for Democrats to be quarrelling, but many of them believe that the only way to build the Party back up is to remake it.
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The lack of money has, at times, led to quarrelling between the services - most notably pitting the navy against the army and the Royal Air Force.
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“Wrangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrangling. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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