brawl

Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in the tournament final, in a foul-heavy match that ended with a brawl on the pitch and the Argentine squad turning its back during the trophy ceremony.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

That’s like staying in the dugout during a bench-clearing brawl then offering the offender a handshake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

The trade brawl could leave both countries with more bruises than a hockey fight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Then he got in another brawl, was imprisoned in Fort St. Angelo, escaped, and was formally expelled by the Order—the recorded language is “like a rotten and fetid limb.”

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026

Instead I was left with a brawl of ancestors, a herd of dissenters, sometimes marching together but just as often marching away from each other.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

When the match resumed, brawls were still going on in the stands and Morocco’s Brahim Diaz failed to score with a weakly hit penalty kick.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

As the new AI generator spawned fabricated finales for “Game of Thrones” and fictional brawls between Thanos and Superman, Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros.,

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

However, away from the bumps, blood and brawls, it was mum Angela - who died from cancer in 2012 aged 51 - who provided Drew with motivation.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025

She rolls with a posse that’s 30-strong, uses warthogs like DoorDash for her tick snacks between brawls, and has a cousin who catches birds with his butt cheeks.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2024

We put headphones on when Didu's belting out songs about red roads, barroom brawls, magnolia blossoms, and lonely cowboys.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

They’d given everyone a taste of their border feud last year with the NHL’s Four Nations tournament, where they’d brawled and battled before Canada finally settled it on the ice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

This isn’t the first time Whole Foods’ parent company has brawled aggressively with organized labor.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025

Accentuating the anger was that Graveman was going to the detested, division-leading Astros, who the Mariners almost brawled with the night before.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2023

“So I brawled with the bear, and I ripped him open with my knife, with Colbert cowering in a corner. And when I slit his belly open, Elvis Costello came out dressed as Bob Cratchit.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

From the first day I could remember being alive, he and I had brawled.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Fight choreography was made to look more like brawling, with Chau noting performers dialed back “strong shapes, motions and lines” into characters that are “a little bit more broken down” to underscore the noir aesthetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Curran’s brawling with headquarters for more protection at that time was noted and appreciated by Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

The differences spilled into the spotlight over the weekend when lawmakers were caught brawling in parliament over proposed reforms.

From BBC ● May 20, 2024

He’s a fairly even-keeled, calm-sounding guy, which makes him a helpful spokesperson to an organization that has big bearded dudes going out fighting and brawling.

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2023

“I’ll report the pair of you to the colonel if you don’t straighten up. There’ll be no more brawling or caterwauling in this kitchen.”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson