wrangling

verb

present participle of wrangle
as in bickering
to express different opinions about something often angrily a town meeting at which local residents wrangled for hours about property taxes

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Recent Examples of wrangling Wireless charge pad Wireless charge pads are convenient devices that eliminate the hassle of wrangling power cords. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026 Once again, Overton was in the middle of wrangling between the White House and HHS. — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 Unfortunately, wrangling woodland creatures is completely different than ghost hunting, something Kesha is a pro at. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 July 2026 Online retailers, travel companies, and publishers, which spent decades wrangling with Google over how to get paid for their websites, now face the same challenge as LLMs scrape their content. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 July 2026 The location in Alexandria, Louisiana, would remove logistical headaches caused by wrangling children from foster homes and shelters across the country and not having anywhere to put them during final preparations for flight. — Jack Brook, ABC News, 6 July 2026 Hollywood guilds are currently wrangling with the perils and possibilities of AI. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026 Keeping only what supports your current lifestyle makes closets easier to maintain than wrangling the extras. — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2026 Alicent manages to come through on her promises, wrangling the Gold Cloaks into her schemes and standing down the archers and trebuchet men on the walls. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrangling
  1. bickering
  2. arguing
  3. fighting
  4. quarreling
Verb
  • Back at the base, the team is still bickering with the other troopers.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2026
  • After bickering with Percy over her involvement in the mission, Thalia ultimately drives away from the scene.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026
Definition of bickering
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  • This opinion sparked debate in the online nutrition community, with some dietitians and nutritionists arguing that bananas should not be villainized based on a small body of research.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Prasad defended his decision by arguing that the company didn’t compare its mRNA vaccine’s efficacy to the correct existing vaccine.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of arguing
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  • There’s fighting in the streets, along the ramparts, hot oil poured on men climbing ladders.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Numerous other suburban Chicago fire departments assisted in fighting the blaze.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of fighting
Verb
  • Now might not seem the moment for Democrats to be quarrelling, but many of them believe that the only way to build the Party back up is to remake it.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • The lack of money has, at times, led to quarrelling between the services - most notably pitting the navy against the army and the Royal Air Force.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of quarreling

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“Wrangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrangling. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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