brawl
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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
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
The brawl has been likened to two heavyweight boxers heading into the ring.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
After our big brawl, though, Mrs. Schein refused to let Kim come over to my house, convinced that her daughter would return on crutches.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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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
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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
Leaving the field moments later, both sides were so incensed they nearly brawled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
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
We had brawled plenty by then, to the point where I viewed her a little bit like an enemy.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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In five years, Keanu Reaves will be brawling like this.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 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
His comment set the tone for what was an hour-long charm offensive that saw Mr Trump Jr lightheartedly engaging with the judge while letting his lawyers do the brawling for him.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2023
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
Even if he’d had the courage to get into a fight with a Squaller, it would be like brawling with an expensive vase.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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