fisticuffs
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In cellars and basements across the city, African-Americans hosted parties where white and black New Yorkers regularly shared the dance floor, imbibed together and sometimes got into fisticuffs that prompted the intervention of neighborhood watchmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The two men constantly circle each other, two clicks away from West Side Story–style fisticuffs.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2025
He engages in fisticuffs when the situation requires it.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
When a onetime private detective sits down to question a former spy and confessed performance artist, you might expect some verbal fisticuffs, a bit of bobbing and weaving or defensive prickliness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
A still, small voice reminded me to return good for evil, reminded me that my plans for the future do not include fisticuffs or expulsion.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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