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brawl

[brawl] / brɔl /




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That’s thanks to a climactic moment in “The Outsiders” musical in which real water falls from the rafters as teen gangs brawl in a fight filled with rain, mud and stage blood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The government says that in 2025 more than 1,000 serious disruptive passenger incidents were logged by airlines, including a mid-air brawl that resulted in a flight being diverted.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“There’s no meaningful achievement I’ve ever experienced where it wasn’t like a brawl every step of the way,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

Mr. Soggy Potato Salad, who’d decided to break into McCoy’s house, jumped into the brawl at Finnegan’s, and helped bring Miles home.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

She is impressed that even the fiercest brawls on the field typically give way to laughter and handshakes at the conclusion of the match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

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

Weir, who starred in “Matilda the Musical,” cheerfully chomps into this role, which requires tremendous physicality, blending ballet and brutal brawls, and she’s riveting, but also quite funny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

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

Drawing from sources as diverse as aikido and barroom brawls, the instructors taught us ways to tangle with an attacking or resisting inmate that you weren’t likely to see in, say, a John Wayne movie.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

The speaker said his guests for the State of the Union would also include New York City police officers who brawled with migrants in Time Square.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

Leaving the field moments later, both sides were so incensed they nearly brawled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

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

That is a sentiment that might surprise some voters in the UK, but the Taiwanese Parliament has had a reputation for brawling, with punches - and on one occasion pig guts - being thrown.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

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

They looked like two hockey players about to start brawling on the ice.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway




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