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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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.
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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
The White House staff and the president try to get back on their feet in real time, and the episode devolves into a shouting match.
—Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
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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
The White House staff and the president try to get back on their feet in real time, and the episode devolves into a shouting match.
—Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
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“Shouting match.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shouting%20match. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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