as in quarrelling
to express different opinions about something often angrily
if you two don't stop bickering about where to go to eat, we're not going out at all!
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Right out of the gate, the brothers are in a contentious mood, needling each other with elbows and bickering like little siblings.
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
On Monday, after Rodgers and former head coach Robert Saleh had spent several months bickering over topics such as unexcused absences and cadence, the irritable quarterback won out again.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Lehane urged some of the largest crypto investors and companies, many of whom were bickering on Twitter, to instead form a coalition devoted to changing the public narrative.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The set-piece of Jim and Huck telling their stories also lets Walker and Anderson have some fun with the two old coots bickering over details, each armed with the stubborn certainty of long years.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
On Monday, after Rodgers and former head coach Robert Saleh had spent several months bickering over topics such as unexcused absences and cadence, the irritable quarterback won out again.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Lehane urged some of the largest crypto investors and companies, many of whom were bickering on Twitter, to instead form a coalition devoted to changing the public narrative.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The set-piece of Jim and Huck telling their stories also lets Walker and Anderson have some fun with the two old coots bickering over details, each armed with the stubborn certainty of long years.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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