war of words
noun phrase
: an argument in which people or groups criticize and disagree with each other publicly and repeatedly for usually a long time
Rival groups have engaged in a war of words over the new law.
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With spring training little more than a month away, a war of words has expoded around the San Diego Padres.
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The verbal glove slap unleashed a back-and-forth war of words via diss track, which, in retrospect, was never going to go Drake's way – Lamar, after all, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist.
—Rebecca Messina, The Week Uk, theweek, 30 Dec. 2024
What People Are Saying The war of words between Jay-Z and Buzbee, continues.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Flaherty later drilled Tatis with a pitch and ignited a war of words with Manny Machado during the game.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The verbal glove slap unleashed a back-and-forth war of words via diss track, which, in retrospect, was never going to go Drake's way – Lamar, after all, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist.
—Rebecca Messina, The Week Uk, theweek, 30 Dec. 2024
What People Are Saying The war of words between Jay-Z and Buzbee, continues.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Flaherty later drilled Tatis with a pitch and ignited a war of words with Manny Machado during the game.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2024
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“War of words.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20of%20words. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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