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scrimmage

noun as in contest

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He was also instrumental in shutting down Clemson running back Travis Etienne, who managed 96 yards from scrimmage and a three-yard touchdown in the Sugar Bowl.

Brady attempted seven passes more than 20 yards past the line of scrimmage and completed four of them.

On the game’s first play from scrimmage, from the Pittsburgh 22, a bad snap went over the head of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and rolled back toward his end zone.

Laviolette and his staff started to meet with players after the scrimmage Sunday night regarding roster cuts.

Among that group, only Dalvin Cook and David Montgomery produced more yards from scrimmage than Jones.

One of them, Troy Jones, a 19-year-old aspiring photojournalist, remembered Brown from the scrimmage line.

The real line of scrimmage in American politics is the economy.

After the scrimmage, Bustin said Lloyd was “in good spirits and everything seemed to be fine … A lot of the guys go out,” he said.

“He was mentoring a younger guy in the scrimmage about technique you should use,” he said.

Theres nothing like a really good scrimmage to make a fellow sure that hes alive, and glad of it.

A rush—a fine scrimmage—a chance for the goal—life in doing—that was better than any printed page.

A foot-ball scrimmage under the old rules was nothing to it.

You, as a woman, have no such duty; nay, it's your positive duty to keep out of the beastly scrimmage.'

We have carried our colors on to victory in many a mad scrimmage, but never have we done a better job than we did this day.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scrimmage, such as: scuffle, skirmish, battle, fight, game, and play.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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