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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With some notable exceptions — such as the Oval Office shouting match between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — many foreign leaders have steered clear of public confrontations with Trump in order to avoid angering a powerful ally and becoming the target of new tariffs.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
This can keep an interpersonal argument from spiraling out of control into a shouting match.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Watch Hoo boy: This morning’s hearing briefly devolved into a shouting match between Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif) and Ratcliffe.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
Fighting on the ground has intensified in recent weeks as the US-Ukraine relationship has soured, following the shouting match between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Rowe also got into a shouting match with Texas Rep. Pat Fallon after the Republican lawmaker showed a photo of Trump and President Biden at a 9/11 commemoration ceremony this year.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
The comments from Musk, one of President Donald Trump's closest advisers, comes weeks after an explosive meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office that devolved into a shouting match.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2025
When a seemingly routine Oval Office press conference degenerated into a shouting match on 28 February, the world looked on in astonishment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2025
On Friday, Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy degenerated into a shouting match, and the latter left without a deal toward peace.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
This can keep an interpersonal argument from spiraling out of control into a shouting match.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Watch Hoo boy: This morning’s hearing briefly devolved into a shouting match between Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif) and Ratcliffe.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
Fighting on the ground has intensified in recent weeks as the US-Ukraine relationship has soured, following the shouting match between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Rowe also got into a shouting match with Texas Rep. Pat Fallon after the Republican lawmaker showed a photo of Trump and President Biden at a 9/11 commemoration ceremony this year.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
The comments from Musk, one of President Donald Trump's closest advisers, comes weeks after an explosive meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office that devolved into a shouting match.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2025
When a seemingly routine Oval Office press conference degenerated into a shouting match on 28 February, the world looked on in astonishment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2025
On Friday, Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy degenerated into a shouting match, and the latter left without a deal toward peace.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Shouting match.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shouting%20match. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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