row over
Britishverb
noun
Example Sentences
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Shortly after becoming prime minister in 2024, Sir Keir Starmer became embroiled in a row over the gifts he had accepted including tickets to a Taylor Swift concert and thousands of pounds for clothes.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
About 100 health visitors at Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board have been on strike since February in a row over job grading, saying they are losing up to £9,000 a year as a result.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Black British academic Jason Arday, who has been at the center of a row over alleged plagiarism and racism, published his memoir in the United States on Tuesday, days after resigning from Cambridge University.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Mexico and Peru have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations following a row over the granting of asylum to a former Peruvian prime minister who was charged for a 2022 coup attempt.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
They were lazy men; it was easier to drift downstream and row over to Winston Swamp than to thrash through underbrush and pine slashes.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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