as in bickering
to express different opinions about something often angrily
a town meeting at which local residents wrangled for hours about property taxes
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Recent Examples of wrangling
Champ is getting into the game for real with a minority investment in Rhoback that will put its mix of investment savvy and athlete wrangling to work.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 15 June 2026
An early-morning call about a water main break in a Davie neighborhood on Friday led to a police officer and a fire captain wrangling a 5-foot alligator that state officials had been trying to capture for the past two years.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
This time, there was some horse wrangling.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
And between Microsoft and Nvidia’s wrangling efforts, lots of Windows developers are also on board with Arm.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 1 June 2026
Then there’s the push and pull of wrangling with City Hall.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026
In the video, shared on Kennedy's personal X account Tuesday, the health secretary is seen wrangling the snakes with his bare hands, holding the creatures up to the camera as his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, cheers him on in the background.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 27 May 2026
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shared a video of himself on social media wrangling 2 snakes on a sunny patio.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
Expect some wrangling over who gets to buy the Jean Prouvé aluminum sideboard at the Laffanour booth.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Evan Clark, Footwear News, 15 June 2026
An early-morning call about a water main break in a Davie neighborhood on Friday led to a police officer and a fire captain wrangling a 5-foot alligator that state officials had been trying to capture for the past two years.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
This time, there was some horse wrangling.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
And between Microsoft and Nvidia’s wrangling efforts, lots of Windows developers are also on board with Arm.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 1 June 2026
Then there’s the push and pull of wrangling with City Hall.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026
In the video, shared on Kennedy's personal X account Tuesday, the health secretary is seen wrangling the snakes with his bare hands, holding the creatures up to the camera as his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, cheers him on in the background.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 27 May 2026
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shared a video of himself on social media wrangling 2 snakes on a sunny patio.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
Expect some wrangling over who gets to buy the Jean Prouvé aluminum sideboard at the Laffanour booth.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrangling
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The emotional distress may have stemmed from the family's extended trip together and bickering, his mother told USA TODAY on June 3.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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While the concrete cured, the starting eight matches of the first-ever World Cup were relocated to Pocitos and Gran Parque Central, the home grounds of capital rivals Peñarol and Nacional, who'd been bickering since their first meeting in July 1900.—
Paul Jebara,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
Verb
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The chamber has disputed that characterization, arguing the bill will drive up costs for consumers.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2026
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But the industry groups are still arguing that film credits should be entirely exempt from the new limitations, as they have already been accounted for and approved by the Legislature through 2030.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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And the conflict’s drain on men of fighting age has had ramifications for the rest of the Russian economy, which is now dealing with a wider labor crisis.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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But somehow, the Valkyries went cold and the Storm kept fighting.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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Now might not seem the moment for Democrats to be quarrelling, but many of them believe that the only way to build the Party back up is to remake it.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The lack of money has, at times, led to quarrelling between the services - most notably pitting the navy against the army and the Royal Air Force.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Wrangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrangling. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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