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Doctors’ groups and the government have been squabbling over a government plan to increase the number of medical school admissions by 2,000, starting from next year.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of entertainment companies, and the Writers Guild of America, which represents more than 11,000 television and film writers, have been squabbling over procedure.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023

While the other coalition parties are expected to press Draghi to stay, the 5-Stars, weakened by defections from their ranks, have been squabbling over what to do.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2022

The two couples are neighbors who have been squabbling over the barking dog.

From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2015

This he refuses to do, and they have been squabbling about it with some vivacity.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles