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Constellation and EDF, a major shareholder in Constellation, have been quarreling separately over whether Constellation can force EDF to buy several older fossil fuel power plants for $2 billion.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2010

But he left no will, and his nine children have been quarreling in state court in Newark over who should gather the assets of his vast estate and who will pay its debts.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2010

Ever since then, Israelis have been quarreling over the practical implications of the status quo.

From Time Magazine Archive

This puts in a nutshell a matter over which people have been quarreling ever since the end of World War II.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Lake Sprites have been quarreling all day; now they’re sulking.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander