dustup
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To understand why, see this week’s dustup over CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert’s interview with Talarico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
There was a dustup with 10 seconds left when UCLA’s Eric Dailey Jr. pushed Wisconsin’s Nolan Winter after absorbing a hard foul, forcing a scrum of players to congregate along the baseline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
Fosado told the Journal Sentinel that the dustup didn’t alter his opinion of Brewers fans.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2025
Inside the United Center, it was largely quiet as well, with few mentions of the conflict from speakers, little in the way of Israeli or Palestinian flags, and merely one dustup between delegates.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2024
Lawrence arrived in Belgium only a few weeks after he engaged in a minor dustup with Rutherford, at long range, over the prospects for useful energy from the atomic nucleus.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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