as in quarrels
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 feuds
In the annals of celebrity feuds, the one between these two music industry titans does not rank particularly high.
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Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
For more than a year, Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been locked in one of the most visible feuds in modern hip-hop.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Hollywood feuds were curated, glamorous, and — crucially — controlled.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
This is a far cry from the golden age of celebrity feuds, when conflict came with mystique, and every public jab was part of a longer game.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
There have been a lot of things that Hulk Hogan has done in pro wrestling, from legendary names to big feuds to championship wins.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
The best feuds have the lines blurred between fiction and reality.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
These two men clashed off and on over decades of friendship and collaboration interrupted by icy public feuds, largely rooted in fights about Michael’s unrepentant drug use.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Jax found much more success on the main roster, engaging in multiple high-profile feuds and teaming up with the likes of Tamina, Ember Moon, Shayna Baszler, and Candice LeRae.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
For more than a year, Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been locked in one of the most visible feuds in modern hip-hop.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Hollywood feuds were curated, glamorous, and — crucially — controlled.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
This is a far cry from the golden age of celebrity feuds, when conflict came with mystique, and every public jab was part of a longer game.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
There have been a lot of things that Hulk Hogan has done in pro wrestling, from legendary names to big feuds to championship wins.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
The best feuds have the lines blurred between fiction and reality.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
These two men clashed off and on over decades of friendship and collaboration interrupted by icy public feuds, largely rooted in fights about Michael’s unrepentant drug use.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Jax found much more success on the main roster, engaging in multiple high-profile feuds and teaming up with the likes of Tamina, Ember Moon, Shayna Baszler, and Candice LeRae.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feuds
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The arrest was the culminating incident in a string of altercations between the couple over their son Lyrik, then 5.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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There have been almost no physical altercations in the Little Scandinavia unit, for example.—
ByJennifer Couzin-Frankel,
science.org,
19 Mar. 2025
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Chiles won team gold at the Paris Olympics but became embroiled in one of the biggest controversies of the Games when she was instructed to give up her individual floor exercise bronze medal to Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu after a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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This year’s ceremony is the second under new leadership after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was dissolved following controversies including allegations the HFPA had no Black members, ran smear campaigns and engaged in questionable financial practices.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Iyengar added that today’s political believers are also willing to overlook any possible disagreements on public policy matters.—
John Scott Lewinski,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
14 Mar. 2025
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Previous ceasefire efforts have collapsed due to disagreements over the terms of hostage releases and Israel's demand for Hamas to disarm—something Hamas has repeatedly refused to do.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Feuds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feuds. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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