shouting match
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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One Orthodox protester, engaged in a shouting match with a counter-demonstrator, said he had chosen to live in a religious area.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
A vote over whether to work during lunch devolved into a shouting match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
And I was in the Capitol a couple days ago when a shouting match broke out.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2025
A new report from Axios details a shouting match between Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that was first reported in the New York Times earlier this month.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025
The political dialogue within the highest echelon of the revolutionary generation was a decade-long shouting match.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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