argument
noun
an angry disagreement between people
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dispute
noun
a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
controversy
noun
a disagreement, especially about a public policy or a moral issue that a lot of people have strong feelings about
quarrel
noun
an argument, especially one about something unimportant between people who know each other well
a war of words
a situation in which two people or groups continuously criticize each other in public because they disagree seriously about something
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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