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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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While Presenting After Years of Feuding 9 hr 50 min ago
Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson's years-long feud has hit the Golden Globes.
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Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
As far back as JFK, U.S. officials have been trapped in this irrational family feud that empowers hardliners in both governments while holding citizens here and there hostage to a bureaucratic status quo.
—Lissa Weinmann, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
Tech giant and Trump ally Elon Musk’s argued for an expansion the H1B visa program for foreign skilled workers, triggering a feud with other Trump supporters who want to further limit or do away with the program.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
Lamar released the anthemic West Coast banger in May after the rappers’ feud resurfaced in March.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
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Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
As far back as JFK, U.S. officials have been trapped in this irrational family feud that empowers hardliners in both governments while holding citizens here and there hostage to a bureaucratic status quo.
—Lissa Weinmann, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
Tech giant and Trump ally Elon Musk’s argued for an expansion the H1B visa program for foreign skilled workers, triggering a feud with other Trump supporters who want to further limit or do away with the program.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
Lamar released the anthemic West Coast banger in May after the rappers’ feud resurfaced in March.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
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The dispute originated with a recurring issue in the River Valley when strong odors are emitted from a biowaste storage lagoon in the Arkansas River bottom in Crawford County.Penny Weaver, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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The neighbor whose property disputes require legal intervention rather than friendly conversation.Nik Ershov, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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The heads of corporate branding cook up a brief, a design firm answers with a litany of slides, and, after iterations, interventions, and internal quarrels, the sign arrives in the physical plane, with glossy acrylic letterforms and antiseptic light.Laura Preston, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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The key is to keep communication clear and avoid overreacting to petty quarrels and misunderstandings.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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In 2016, the actress filed for divorce after accusing Pitt of physically abusing her and their children during an altercation on a private jet.Ashley Hume, Fox News, 31 Dec. 2024
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Two years ago, Jolie filed a countersuit over a dispute about the sale of her half of the pair’s winery that detailed an altercation in 2016 including Pitt being physically aggressive to both Jolie and their children.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
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When the misunderstanding came to light, the stepmom attempted to move past it without addressing her earlier accusations, according to the OP.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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If everyone understands the concept and process of a PIP from the get-go, there will be less likelihood of a misunderstanding later on.Janine Schindler, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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While the legal battle is ongoing with the Swiss high court (and likely to be prolonged), Chiles reflected in November on the impact of the controversy.Caroline Price, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Johnson enters the new year trying to ditch the missteps and the controversies that have left his political standing in the dust.Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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Venus and Jupiter’s clash facilitates temporary compromises.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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Israel’s populist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has largely avoided public clashes with the Israel Defense Force’s leadership, but politicians in his orbit have regularly attacked top officers as elites bent on subverting the will of the people.Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 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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Topping the list as the most probable outcome this year, the S & P 500 could advance 20% for a third year in a row.Sean Conlon, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
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The house reported that design sales maintained a 90 percent sell-through rate and watches have generated more than $200 million for four years in a row.Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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