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brawl

[brawl] / brɔl /




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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

A rep for Combs also did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the alleged brawl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 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

The woman had simply ducked, invisibly fast, and Tally had tripped over her like some awkward littlie in a brawl.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

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

As newspapermen nationwide wielded “Southland” in rhetorical brawls, Harrison Gray Otis, editor of the new Los Angeles Daily Times, started doing the same.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2025

"They're very good people. We can't even begin to imagine how this could happen. They are not people who get embroiled in brawls," says a man who lives a few doors down their street.

From BBC ● May 12, 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

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

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

According to legend, it took rough and rugged characters to tame the early American frontier: men like Daniel Boone, the trailblazer, or Mike Fink, the brawling river boatman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

A Costco clerk in Northridge saw people brawling over toilet paper and water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

For one, he faced a divided parliament - opposition parties in Taiwan were brawling in parliament over the weekend over proposed reforms, and protesting over the last few days.

From BBC ● May 19, 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


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