Thesaurus results for FEUDS

feuds

noun

plural of feud

as in quarrels

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 feuds There is also quite the contrast in the two feuds that Andy Cohen tries to put to bed. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 Investigators are considering different possible motives, including criminal feuds, retaliation and a business dispute. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 Remm insists that while his team meticulously plans the guest experience, interpersonal feuds do not factor into the seating chart. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026 The celebrities often have pre-existing relationships and feuds that can guide accusations. — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 Just days before Parton’s death, she was reportedly worried about possible family feuds over her $650 million estate. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2026 Both killings captivated the public and seemed tied to gang feuds involving the rap world. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Kelley is much more interested in Taylor’s appetites—for food, for men, for feuds—than in the nuances of her acting. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 Family feuds over franchises Owning a sports team has become a popular asset for billionaires, who sometimes see them as a way to strengthen family ties. — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The overtones of social significance are adroitly handled and make real sense in an era of tragic international quarrels.

— THR Staff, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
Unlike Christian priests and medicine men, who generally command respect, rainmakers are sometimes seen as malicious people who retaliate against whole communities for quarrels with their neighbors.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of quarrels

Noun

Other disputes are minor, like the three animal rights activists who stole lambs from King Charles’ Sandringham estate.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2026
In the last year alone, the federal government partially shut down twice for weeks because of partisan disputes in Congress over spending on healthcare and immigration enforcement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of disputes

Noun

Images showed altercations between police and protesters, with officers using batons to strike demonstrators, who threw barriers.

— Joseph Wilson, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
The election is taking place amid heightened political tensions in Serbia, with reports of incidents and physical altercations at campaign events.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of altercations

Noun

Four Hands, Two Sonatas ends with Jeong-yo and Pi-o together again, seemingly free of the pressures and misunderstandings that plagued them for so long.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Arendt herself complicated matters by calling it journalism instead of philosophy, which added to the misunderstandings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of misunderstandings

Noun

The question also raised the recent spread of controversies over individual films into attacks on cast and crew and campaigns to halt screenings.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Fox and its founder, Rupert Murdoch, have faced controversies, scandals and litigation before.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of controversies

Noun

The economy has produced another set of disagreements, particularly over government spending, employment, and social programs.

— Katie Angell Britannica Editors Oct. 2, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Oct. 2026
The suit also asserted Vista Grande initiated the ER trips in retaliation for the family's disagreements about Tingley's care.

— Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of disagreements

Noun

The student rallies, now stretching into their third week after violent clashes with police, mass school closures and thousands of arrests, are expected to resume on Thursday.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms tried to make President Donald Trump the focus of one of the debate’s sharpest clashes.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of clashes

Noun

Two of Iowa’s four Republican House members, both in their own worrying reelection fights, had just broken with the president to vote to stop the war with Iran.

— Natalie Allison, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
The company stages live fights where people remotely control humanoid robots against other humanoid robots.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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