as in dispute
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
Fresh off a public feud with Drake, Kendrick used GNX to double down on his artistry, showcasing a bold mix of sharp lyricism and genre-pushing production.
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Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2024
The territorial feud between China and the Philippines has grown increasingly tense.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Billboard played the clip during a portion of its video in which a narrator explains Swift’s feud with Ye and his then-wife, Kim Kardashian.
—Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Key Background The album rounds out a massive year for Lamar, who stunned fans earlier this year by dropping diss tracks against Drake in rapid succession, culminating in a wild feud that many perceive Lamar to have won.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2024
The territorial feud between China and the Philippines has grown increasingly tense.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Billboard played the clip during a portion of its video in which a narrator explains Swift’s feud with Ye and his then-wife, Kim Kardashian.
—Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Key Background The album rounds out a massive year for Lamar, who stunned fans earlier this year by dropping diss tracks against Drake in rapid succession, culminating in a wild feud that many perceive Lamar to have won.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Attorneys from both sides met for over four hours Tuesday before a federal magistrate judge in New York, seeking to resolve disputes over the collection of potential evidence.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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And, after that happened, in both cases there was a dispute between the soldier who captured the king and his direct commander over who deserved the glory for the victory.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 5 Dec. 2024
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Any of those preferences would normally be difficult and cause a backlash or quarrel with a fellow human.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Combs’ lawyers previewed today’s hearing by offering to put a forensic video analyst on the stand to walk the judge through the unedited footage of the hotel incident and show that Combs and Ventura were not having a violent domestic quarrel in the hallway.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Anger boiled over in February, when local media reported police responded to a physical altercation between locals and Haitians in which two people were injured.Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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Since then, reports of shopper brawls in parking lots and physical altercations in store aisles have only increased.Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
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Such conflicts seem rooted in misunderstanding, leading rap artists – many of whom rose out of impoverished circumstances – fearful over whether adverse publicity can damage their livelihood to (wrongly) lash out.Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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During a court appearance on Monday, a defense attorney for Muldoon called the incident a misunderstanding, saying his client was wearing headphones and listening to music.David Matthews, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
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The records put an end to a monthslong controversy over whether Winfrey was paid for endorsing the former Democratic presidential nominee.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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After Joaquin Phoenix dropped out of Todd Haynes’ gay romance film in September, just days before filming started, Haynes has spoken out for the first time about the controversy.Them, Them, 6 Dec. 2024
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Zurab Japaridze, a leader of the opposition Coalition for Change party in Georgia's parliament, was briefly arrested on Monday amid a clash between police and fleeing protesters.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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Public transportation was also diverted from the main Aleppo-Damascus highway to avoid clashes, the report said.Sarah el Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
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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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The tune reaches that milestone on the streaming ranking, as it’s now lived on the list for 52 turns–though not all in a row.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row.Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feud. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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