logomachy

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Noun
  • The quarrel swiftly escalated when Perez allegedly struck her twice on the left side of her temple and pulled her hair.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
  • As the quarrel over seating escalated, the attacker, who was wearing a black face mask, slashed the victim on his left hand with an unknown weapon.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The White House is trying to have it every way possible in a high-stakes dispute over its speedy deportation of hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The dispute came after President Donald Trump invoked a centuries-old law that would give him the ability to deport any noncitizen with little to no due process.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The meeting's purpose was to improve relations and get a minerals deal signed, after a public squabble last week between the two leaders.
    Lauren Floyd, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Tenants over the decades included poet Kenneth Patchen, the cult-magazine editor L. Scott Bailey, and a pair of married actors who wrote and produced a 1949 television show about their squabbles upstairs.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The ensuing internet imbroglio was predictable — right-wing culture warriors including Piers Morgan and Bari Weiss took Adichie’s side, while trolls harassed her detractors.
    Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Amid the swirl of affairs, scandals, and imbroglios that make up this astonishing life, one element remains fixed: Mahler-Werfel’s inexhaustible passion for music and the arts.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Another reason people feel that way about forecasts is related to a misunderstanding of percent chance of rain.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Be mindful of isolating yourself — blockages in communication could lead to misunderstandings with close friends.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Here is what to know about the ongoing trade spat with Ontario.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Over the weekend, Musk and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a spat with Poland’s foreign minister on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which Musk owns.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Into this unholy mess blunders Juan (Juan Amador), bearing the gushing stigmata of a violent set-to in a Sacramento bar.
    Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • His truest, ugliest self tends to emerge in his increasingly frequent set-tos with Linda, whose impatience with his documentary persona gradually wears through even her considerable acting ability.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • The 18-year-old’s boyfriend was seen in the footage attempting to stop the altercation.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The sole witness to the altercation was the car’s driver, who testified at the trial through an Urdu language translator.
    Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Logomachy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logomachy. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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