scuffle
Example Sentences
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The 31-year-old was tackled and detained in a chaotic scuffle with security guards.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Initial reports said visitors, mostly young people, were crammed against a single entrance and a scuffle broke out between those trying to leave and enter the site.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
Though the two companies have been long-term rivals, the Super Bowl ad was one of the first times the scuffle was so public.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
Videos have emerged showing a scuffle between Border Patrol agents and the man in the lead up to the shooting.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
From time to time one or another would begin to scrape in the gravelly bank, or venture a little way in among the trees and nut bushes to scuffle in the leaf mold.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Vocabulary lists containing scuffle
"My Favorite Chaperone," Vocabulary from the short story
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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