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89 lines
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{
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"tiff":{
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"antonyms":[
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"altercate",
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"argue",
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"argufy",
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"bicker",
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"brabble",
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"brawl",
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"controvert",
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"dispute",
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"fall out",
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"fight",
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"hassle",
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"jar",
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"quarrel",
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"quibble",
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"row",
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"scrap",
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"spat",
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"squabble",
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"wrangle"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a petty quarrel":[],
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": to have a petty quarrel":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"got into a little tiff about what color sheets to buy for their bed",
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"Verb",
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"like any couple, they occasionally tiff , but it's never anything serious",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"An tiff between employees at a McDonald\u2019s in the East Atlanta Village neighborhood led to gun violence late Friday afternoon. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 4 June 2022",
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"The items sell quickly both online and in store, prompting \u2014 at least once \u2014 a friendly tiff among customers at different tables trying to get the last of the jade jewelry. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"But Athens and Ankara\u2019s latest tiff amid Russia\u2019s aggression in Europe could spell trouble for the very military alliance that Russian President Vladimir Putin would like to see dismantled. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 26 May 2022",
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"But a love triangle was a more believable motive than a tiff over gymnasium equipment, so the prosecution also introduced evidence from Barney\u2019s death. \u2014 April White, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
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"Some companies are concerned about risks short of war, such as being caught in the crosshairs of a U.S.-China sanctions tiff , or even that a company\u2019s social stances could be a flashpoint, Ms. Burns said. \u2014 Richard Vanderford, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
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"Schwarzenegger hosted the spinoff show, on which Trump was a producer, and got into a public tiff with him in 2017 over declining ratings \u2014 each blaming the other for the lack of viewers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Former Louisville basketball coach Chris Mack attended Sunday\u2019s Super Bowl to watch his beloved Bengals and engaged in a Twitter tiff from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"But the court is also where the impetuous teen gets into a tiff with a local gangster, with whom Will ends up in jail overnight. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1700, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1754, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8tif"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"altercation",
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"argle-bargle",
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"argument",
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"argy-bargy",
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"battle royal",
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"bicker",
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"brawl",
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"contretemps",
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"controversy",
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"cross fire",
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"disagreement",
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"dispute",
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"donnybrook",
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"falling-out",
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"fight",
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"hassle",
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"imbroglio",
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"kickup",
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"misunderstanding",
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"quarrel",
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"rhubarb",
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"row",
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"scrap",
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"set-to",
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"spat",
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"squabble",
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"wrangle"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094026",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |