tussle

Having been subjected to multiple FCC probes of ABC’s programming, the corporation has pushed back in court against Carr, in what has already amounted to a drawn-out and expensive legal tussle.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Firms now regularly pay first-year associates salaries of $250,000, up from $190,000 in 2018, in the tussle for the best talent straight out of law school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The announcement kicked off a chaotic tussle over the funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The settlement announced Thursday brings to a close a two-year legal tussle between the family of Jason Maccani and the city’s lawyers over his 2024 death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The babies, sensing Stephen could be trusted, began to tussle and romp.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

Bessent has become one of Trump’s most trusted advisers after previous tussles with other Trump allies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Direct control of the Bronx building, a Success Academy first, means no political tussles over repairs or storage space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

But he has had his fair share tussles on social media as well.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

Before Robby and Al-Hashimi engage in any real ideological tussles, though, she commits the cardinal sin of suggesting they change the trauma center’s nickname to something else.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026

When I was young these tussles usually ended with Mother screaming over a broken lamp or vase, but as I got older there were fewer things left to break.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

In 2025, the US president went as far as visiting the Fed's under-renovation headquarters, where he verbally tussled with Powell as the two toured the site.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Earlier last week, demonstrators - some of whom were from Indigenous groups - carrying signs that read "our forests are not for sale" broke into the summit and tussled with security.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

Cuomo and Mamdani tussled when they were asked how they would stop the growing number of New York City school students who are homeless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

On Friday night, reports emerged that Elon Musk’s aides had tussled with Office of Personnel Management and Treasury staffers while demanding access to troves of information about federal employees.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2025

An idle wind tussled the leaves in the trees and wafted a patch of smoke like a low cloud toward me.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

His attentiveness will be closely watched in the Maduro case, as tussling between the defense and prosecution has already threatened to draw out proceedings.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

Defenders are grappling with attackers, and attackers are tussling with defenders.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

Chip makers and cloud-computing purveyors have described the demand for their offerings as effectively limitless, with heads of the AI model companies bemoaning capacity constraints and tussling over chip allotments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Videos on social media showed tussling between protesters, some wearing what appeared to be traditional indigenous dress, and security guards.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

We’ll be tussling on the floor like six-year-olds.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz