shouting match
noun
: a loud, angry argument in which people shout at each other
He got into a shouting match with his neighbor.
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White House Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy descends into a shouting match.
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Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
Zelenskyy told European leaders in Brussels on Thursday that talks between the U.S. and Ukraine had resumed following his and Trump's Oval Office shouting match last week.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The freeze came after a tumultuous meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump in the Oval Office last week, which descended into a shouting match and ended with the Ukrainian president's team being asked to leave.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Minutes later, the meeting devolved into a shouting match between Vice President JD Vance, Trump and Zelenskyy.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Those seven words about the sordid reality TV franchise were really all Bill Maher had to say tonight on HBO’s Real Time of the Oval Office shouting match Friday after showing footage of the very undiplomatic exchange.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
This morning, the House task force investigating the assassination attempt against Trump also met, spiraling into a shouting match between a Republican lawmaker and the acting Secret Service director.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
The acting director of the Secret Service and a Republican congressman from Texas got into a shouting match in a congressional hearing on Thursday over the acting director’s appearance in an official photo during a remembrance ceremony in New York on Sept. 11.
—Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Like, there’s no way that two or more characters will get into a shouting match in the middle of the kitchen during an incredibly busy dinner service; stuff like that never happens on this show.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 28 June 2024
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Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
Zelenskyy told European leaders in Brussels on Thursday that talks between the U.S. and Ukraine had resumed following his and Trump's Oval Office shouting match last week.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
The freeze came after a tumultuous meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump in the Oval Office last week, which descended into a shouting match and ended with the Ukrainian president's team being asked to leave.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Minutes later, the meeting devolved into a shouting match between Vice President JD Vance, Trump and Zelenskyy.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Those seven words about the sordid reality TV franchise were really all Bill Maher had to say tonight on HBO’s Real Time of the Oval Office shouting match Friday after showing footage of the very undiplomatic exchange.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Feb. 2025
This morning, the House task force investigating the assassination attempt against Trump also met, spiraling into a shouting match between a Republican lawmaker and the acting Secret Service director.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
The acting director of the Secret Service and a Republican congressman from Texas got into a shouting match in a congressional hearing on Thursday over the acting director’s appearance in an official photo during a remembrance ceremony in New York on Sept. 11.
—Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Like, there’s no way that two or more characters will get into a shouting match in the middle of the kitchen during an incredibly busy dinner service; stuff like that never happens on this show.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 28 June 2024
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“Shouting match.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shouting%20match. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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