as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily
bored children brabbling in the back seat
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Much of the comedy in this action-comedy arrives via barbed exchanges between the constantly bickering James and Jonny.—
Richard Kuipers, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
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The showing had to be aborted after a few shocking scenes of bandmates bickering and Fat Mike blasting lines of cocaine.—
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The opposition People Power Party, however, argues that the National Assembly must ratify the trade deal due to the exorbitant costs involved.—
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The overriding factor, Tait argued, is the global debt burden.—
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For instance, Schultz has steadfastly fought against performing blood transfusions in the field, despite the federal government’s offer of billions of dollars in grants to pay for them.—
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The Skippers kept fighting, using a 7-0 run to take a 57-55 lead with two minutes to go.—
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The three bills also are not the first headline-grabbing action from Schroer, who serves as chair of the Senate’s hard-right Freedom Caucus, which frequently quarrels with GOP leadership.—
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Her father, after quarreling with Antigone’s mother, locked her out of their house overnight, which led to a terrible accident.—
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The book begins by the deathbed of an elderly sister whose two remaining sisters have a falling out over cake—the kind of domestic spat that becomes mythic and completely unspecific, the details lost in a lingering fog of resentment.—
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For making the introductions to Gorrin, Rivera paid Perera about $5 million, but has since had a falling out with him.—
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Club Brugge supporters who wore ‘mankinis’ made famous by the satirical character Borat for their team’s Champions League clash against Kairat Almaty on Tuesday have been jailed in Kazakhstan for five days for showing disrespect, Belgian media reported on Thursday.—
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The teams clashed after splitting their league matches and shared the league title.—
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Callie and Arizona: Another couple spatting over kids.—
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Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.—
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“Brabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brabble. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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