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The woman had been squabbling with another passenger over access to the overhead luggage bins.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2010

The Post, published by Eugene Meyer, onetime Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, had been squabbling with "Cissy" Patterson's Herald for more than a year.

From Time Magazine Archive

They had been squabbling since the Yom Kippur War of October 1973, when Kissinger charged that Schlesinger tried to stall the massive resupply of U.S. weapons to the Israelis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Behind the Belgians came the reckless French team of Letourner and Guim-bretiere, who, as is their custom, had been squabbling with each other throughout the race.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mark tells us that the disciples, as they journeyed, had been squabbling about pre-eminence in the kingdom, and that this conversation was brought on by our Lord's question as to the subject of their dispute.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander