I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bitter
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Thus began a long and bitter wrangle between Beck and the private power interests.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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wrangles over the budget
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bureaucratic wrangles were conspicuous at every level.
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In the United States, a complex wrangle is taking place over a range of possible standards.
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The wrangle was finally resolved in January last year.
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The decisions of the union delegations will probably mean a continuing wrangle .
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The leisure centre has been at the centre of a compensation wrangle since serious building defects were discovered last year.
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The plan was to avoid annual parliamentary wrangles.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the wrangling has stretched into the new year, Clinton has moved up some in public esteem.
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He was wrangling for the best deal he could get and trying to ensure it would not be his last.
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In their last weekly meeting before the summer recess the commissioners wrangled over the final wording of the document.
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It follows years of wrangling over a controversial by-pass.
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Since the freehold all belonged to the boss, wrangling over ownership was beside the point.
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Sources say the parties are also wrangling over the length of the deal.
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The construction of this market has led to four years of wrangling that could yet scupper agreement.