Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for altercate
Verb
  • Sorrell also said bickering by leadership is affecting the community.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Pratt, whose character plays like a cross between Han Solo and Jack Burton, is gifted with a moment or two, bickering with Herman like a married couple and yeeting cars at Sentre headquarters.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • And some would argue that the lawsuits from NYT and others against OpenAI or other model companies represent a case of this.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • At the start of proceedings, prosecutors presented their case by arguing Yoon lacked the legal grounds to declare martial law and accused him of trying to paralyse state institutions such as parliament.
    Joyce Lee, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The court fight over Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is a most unusual one in that no one denies that the government violated the law in deporting him.
    The Editors, National Review, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The Twins, fighting declining attendance and trying to sell a new direct-to-consumer streaming product, were perhaps the team most in need of a strong start.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The report from the Jewish civil rights group comes amid broader tension among users and observers of the online encyclopedia over how the Israel-Hamas war should be covered on the site, with editors quarrelling over how to describe events related to the conflict.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Washington told me that her Shadow Force costar Omar Sy, who is from Senegal, has been quarrelling with Asomugha about the topic.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Moscow's rejection of all U.S. proposals that do not concede to its demands like government change, demilitarization, and territorial concessions, clash with warnings by Rubio and Trump that the U.S. could walk away if there is no progress and suggest an end to hostilities is not imminent.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
  • According to Mike Coppinger of The Ring Magazine, Paul will clash with Chavez Jr.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.
    Jonathan Zimmerman, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2016
  • The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 May 2024
Verb
  • Former Meta employees have also disputed details of the book.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The owner disputes that his store, whose future is unclear, bears blame for troubles.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Punk and Rollins brawled, and the brawl ended when Rollins outsmarted Punk and hit him with a Stomp.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Punk cut an insanely good promo, addressing Cena’s heel turn and ultimately brawling with Seth Rollins.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Altercate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altercate. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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