as in dispute
a long and angry conflict between two people or two groups
The workers' feud with management concerns health benefits and pay increases. Because of a family feud, they did not see each other for a decade.
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Recent Examples of feud
Some reformist party members openly criticized Yoon’s actions and cast ballots to impeach him, triggering a feud with the party’s old guard who supported the president.
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Time, 8 Apr. 2025
When rejected, Eady left, however, the veteran reality star was not ready to end the feud.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2025
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Tuesday laughed off the feud, saying that differences of opinions are healthy.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
But while addressing those claims on the Howard Stern Show, White denied that the duo had much of a feud to begin with.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Time, 8 Apr. 2025
When rejected, Eady left, however, the veteran reality star was not ready to end the feud.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2025
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Tuesday laughed off the feud, saying that differences of opinions are healthy.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
But while addressing those claims on the Howard Stern Show, White denied that the duo had much of a feud to begin with.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feud
Noun
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No arrests were made, and there was no further investigation into the dispute.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Approach with caution, look at reviews, and maybe don’t use your main credit card (or at least keep your bank’s dispute line handy).—
Francesca Krempa,
StyleCaster,
10 Apr. 2025
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As the Venetians and the Ottoman Turks squabble over Cyprus in the background, the men before us quarrel over everything—a woman, a job, a handkerchief.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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The basketball star has a reputation for being able to silence media noise in the most crucial moments, but the family element of this quarrel seems to have hit a little too close to home this time.—
Christian Orozco,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Panthers center Sam Bennett, who had a contentious altercation with Marchand in Round 2 of the playoffs last year, said Marchand’s first message after being added to the team group chat was a chirp.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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The footage shows an altercation between Perez and a man that officials say lasted for about 15 minutes before officers arrived on the scene.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Yet, this vision is based upon a misunderstanding of the causes and consequences of American industrial decline.—
Made by History,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Lastly, your celestial ruler, Mercury, will clash with Mars in your communication sector on May 18 — expect mental friction and potential arguments with others, especially around misunderstandings or mixed signals.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Up next, a ubiquitous presence on television, unafraid of controversy, sounding off on everything from sports to pop culture to politics.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2025
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The sort-of antagonist in The Last of Us Part II first stirred up controversy when the game originally debuted in 2020.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This square can spark clashes between the need for stability (Taurus) and the desire for bold self-expression (Leo).—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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With nearly 8 million Venezuelans displaced—the second-largest migration globally and the largest ever within South America—the film captures rising tensions, cultural clashes, and radicalization in Chile’s border communities.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2025
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Jake is a single father who has brought Kristen up in the severe Calvinist tradition, marked by Bible disputations of Talmudic intricacy and by a radical detachment from secular and popular culture.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2023
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Seven decades later, this culture of disputation emerged as a central theme in Timothy Garton Ash’s The Magic Lantern, his eyewitness report on the Eastern European revolutions of 1989.—
Susie Linfield,
The New York Review of Books,
11 May 2022
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This is the fourth time in a row that the Clippers played the Nuggets in a playoff game and lost despite leading by double digits.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Crabgrass preventer products must be applied before crabgrass begins to germinate after soil temperatures reach 55 degrees Fahrenheit for several days in a row.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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