altercation

Example Sentences

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Both Proctor’s former partner and the bar employee who was in an altercation with Glenn shortly before the fatal encounter testified against Proctor, according to the transcripts.

From Los Angeles Times

Last month the Yorkshireman apologised after he was involved in an altercation with a nightclub bouncer during England's tour of New Zealand before the recent Ashes series in Australia, admitting to a "terrible mistake".

From Barron's

As a result, the public has been kept from one of the chief ways it has to hold officers involved in such altercations accountable: their identity.

From Salon

She couldn’t bring herself to watch a new video showing an earlier altercation between Pretti and federal agents.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 26-year-old was involved in the altercation the night before the third one-day international in Wellington on 1 November – a game England lost.

From BBC