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 Ukrainian leader suffered a major blow when he got embroiled in a shouting match with Trump and Vance at a White House meeting in February.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
The previously staid affair notably devolved into a shouting match in 2009, when then-President Barack Obama was presenting the health care plan that would eventually become the 2010 Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The letter comes after Zelensky and Trump's shouting match at the Oval Office last week.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
The previously staid affair notably devolved into a shouting match in 2009, when then-President Barack Obama was presenting the health care plan that would eventually become the 2010 Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The letter comes after Zelensky and Trump's shouting match at the Oval Office last week.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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“Shouting match.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shouting%20match. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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