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Several companies were wrangling with the FDA over manufacturing problems at the very time they were negotiating contracts with BARDA.

From Reuters • Dec. 2, 2021

In the decades that the FAA and the airline industry were wrangling over seat standards, flying was becoming a much more common and accessible part of American life.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2019

Delegates from all three sides were wrangling over the terms of the final communique.

From Reuters • Jan. 24, 2017

Just as the Obama administration and Congress were wrangling over details of a nuclear agreement with Iran last week, the group of 24 executives were touring the country on a fact-finding mission.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2015

He got up and went out to where the others were wrangling with Slim over the missing bottle of liniment.

From The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by Bower, B. M.