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- verb Present participle of
squabble .
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Examples
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If you're like me, squabbling is a big turn-off, but don't be hasty.
Plenty to Like in Freedomnomics, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Thankfully and miraculously, all are apparently well and no doubt ready to begin squabbling soon about who will get to write the screenplay.
Erica Heller: Did You Hear the One About Four Comedians Trapped In a Mine? Erica Heller 2010
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The bipartisan squabbling is getting old, the old way of business has failed, it's time to try something new, so listen to our President, this one can actually think. cobra Montana
McCain: Obama has done well, but hasn't been bipartisan 2009
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There isn't much point in squabbling with Fair is Fair or any of the other lame on the right.
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Of course, all the squabbling is good for us Democrats, and we love it.
RNC purity test designed to 'stick it' to Steele, ally claims 2009
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If you're like me, squabbling is a big turn-off, ...
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Saying he knows many Americans may be tempted to turn cynical, Obama contrasted what he called "squabbling" in Washington with what he described as the teamwork seen in companies across the country."
In Iowa, Obama Underscores Role of Manufacturing in Recovery 2011
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Saying he knows many Americans may be tempted to turn cynical, Obama contrasted what he called "squabbling" in Washington with what he described as the teamwork seen in companies across the country."
In Iowa, Obama Underscores Role of Manufacturing in Recovery 2011
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Thursday, the squabbling, which is beginning to feel like a schoolyard brawl, spilled over into the broader market, sparking a tumble of 3% in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and a drop of almost 4% in the Dow Jones index of major financial stocks.
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Our government cut through the red tape and inter-record-label squabbling and did something right for a change.
Boing Boing: December 11, 2005 - December 17, 2005 Archives 2005
GHibbs commented on the word squabbling
My adjectival use: 'Take those squabbling children for a swim.'
August 24, 2011