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a long and angry conflict between two people or two groups
The workers' feud with management concerns health benefits and pay increases. Because of a family feud, they did not see each other for a decade.
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Recent Examples of feud
Despite bitter feuds in court, Fisher had friendly conversations with Harry’s lawyer, Dan Rottenstreich.
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Robert Frank, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
At the same time, Ja Rule’s ongoing feud with 50 Cent was heating up, with Ja Rule releasing the diss record Blood in My Eye in 2003.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
At Walton’s March 2009 preliminary hearing, an Oakland detectives testified that McKinsey was shot amid a violent feud between the Acorn and Ghost Town gangs, a rivalry that started in part after one gang member stole a rival’s car.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Read: Behind a centuries-old international feud over marbles Hitchens’s dedication to this cause wasn’t merely due to a romantic philhellenism rooted in the classical British-private-school curriculum; his life was intertwined with the Hellenic world.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Robert Frank, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
At the same time, Ja Rule’s ongoing feud with 50 Cent was heating up, with Ja Rule releasing the diss record Blood in My Eye in 2003.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
At Walton’s March 2009 preliminary hearing, an Oakland detectives testified that McKinsey was shot amid a violent feud between the Acorn and Ghost Town gangs, a rivalry that started in part after one gang member stole a rival’s car.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Read: Behind a centuries-old international feud over marbles Hitchens’s dedication to this cause wasn’t merely due to a romantic philhellenism rooted in the classical British-private-school curriculum; his life was intertwined with the Hellenic world.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feud
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By the founding of Israel in 1948, only about 20% of the total area of what is known as historic Palestine had been mapped – a fact that has fueled land disputes to this day.—
Christine Leuenberger,
The Conversation,
7 Feb. 2025
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The push follows an ongoing contract dispute between Optimum's parent company, Altice USA, and MSG Networks, which has resulted in the loss of access to MSG sports programming for thousands of customers.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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But over the coming years, such quarrels may serve as a barometer for which voices in his ear will have the most influence, and the extent to which Trump remains sensitive to public pushback.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
20 Jan. 2025
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The House has been thrust into a political quarrel after voters elected 67 Democrats and 67 Republicans in November.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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He was also arrested in 2012 following an altercation at a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and obstructing justice, Reuters reported.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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According to prosecutors, Adams was shot during the altercation and later pushed out of the moving vehicle, suffering fatal injuries on the street in front of witnesses.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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There have been past misunderstandings about who is responsible for what at the site, and how revenue should be handled.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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But if there’s mistrust, the process can quickly break down, resulting in misunderstandings and conflicts about the patient’s best interests and making a difficult situation more distressing.—
Daniel T. Kim,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2025
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Asked about the streaming event about those controversies, Bloys demurred.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Selena Gomez is addressing the recent controversies surrounding her film Emilia Pérez.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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That grievance total was the second-highest tally since 2016, according to a USA TODAY Network analysis, suggesting current economic conditions and corporate policies are fueling more clashes over insurance coverage.—
David Robinson,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Members of the Congolese Red Cross and civil protection workers bury dozens of victims of the recent clashes at a cemetery in Goma on Tuesday.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Jake is a single father who has brought Kristen up in the severe Calvinist tradition, marked by Bible disputations of Talmudic intricacy and by a radical detachment from secular and popular culture.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2023
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And yet there is one aspect of the book which was notable: a disputation of the Richard Wrangham's work in Demonic Males.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
22 Apr. 2013
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Clark was the best of the bunch, opening with a birdie and adding four in a row starting on No. 8 on a day win in which 24 players shot 68 or better before play was suspended by darkness.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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No, Trump is gonna get big-dogged at the big game this weekend by Taylor Swift, First Lady of WAGs, who will be rolling up to the Super Bowl for the second year in a row to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce, who is playing in his third Super Bowl in a row with the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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