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bickers

  • present tense form of bicker (3rd person singular).

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A couple forms, bickers, ends — and may or may not be reborn on different terms.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022

The Palace of Westminster sits in a state of dangerous decay, with chunks of masonry tumbling off its walls, as Parliament bickers over a renovation that could take decades and cost more than $20 billion.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2022

A village butcher bickers with the postmistress in charge of World War II ration stamps.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2021

Then there are the never-ending bar bickers over who was better — say, the late Henry Aaron or Willie Mays?

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2021

Grass cools the earth, but it also bickers with me over water.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate