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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According to people involved in a recent classified briefing on election security, the two sides of the House Intelligence Committee got into a shouting match over the relative scale of the threats.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
An explosive meeting among the three leaders later that morning devolved into a shouting match, with Sadat demanding a full Israeli withdrawal from Sinai and Begin adamantly opposing it.
—Jordan Chandler Hirsch, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2014
Israeli's Channel 12 reported on Friday that Netanyahu held a difficult meeting with the Israeli negotiations team on Wednesday that escalated into a shouting match.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 3 Aug. 2024
At one point in the summer of 2018, Treasury representatives got into a shouting match with Claver-Carone in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building over their attempts to broaden humanitarian exemptions to allow more civilian goods into the country.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
After Hyde took umbrage with New York closer Clay Holmes, the Orioles manager got into a shouting match with a coach in the Yankees’ dugout, causing the benches and bullpens to empty.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2024
At the 2016 convention, a shouting match broke out between Trump’s supporters and a group of delegates who opposed him.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 16 July 2024
Russell said the cheerleaders later got into a shouting match, which led to the fight and ultimately, the stabbing.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
The meeting then devolved into a shouting match between opposing sides and a brief scuffle.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
An explosive meeting among the three leaders later that morning devolved into a shouting match, with Sadat demanding a full Israeli withdrawal from Sinai and Begin adamantly opposing it.
—Jordan Chandler Hirsch, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2014
Israeli's Channel 12 reported on Friday that Netanyahu held a difficult meeting with the Israeli negotiations team on Wednesday that escalated into a shouting match.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 3 Aug. 2024
At one point in the summer of 2018, Treasury representatives got into a shouting match with Claver-Carone in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building over their attempts to broaden humanitarian exemptions to allow more civilian goods into the country.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
After Hyde took umbrage with New York closer Clay Holmes, the Orioles manager got into a shouting match with a coach in the Yankees’ dugout, causing the benches and bullpens to empty.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2024
At the 2016 convention, a shouting match broke out between Trump’s supporters and a group of delegates who opposed him.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 16 July 2024
Russell said the cheerleaders later got into a shouting match, which led to the fight and ultimately, the stabbing.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
The meeting then devolved into a shouting match between opposing sides and a brief scuffle.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Shouting match.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shouting%20match. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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