scuffle

A scuffle in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week threatened the June peace deal, but oil traders are betting the Strait will remain open.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

After the pair manages to make it out of another scuffle, Ruthye asks Kara about her family, to which Kara replies that she has none except for her cousin.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 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

Bordeaux Begles players mocked Pollock, who ended up in a final-whistle scuffle, in their post-match celebrations after winning last season's Champions Cup final.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

It’d taken Ekon a moment to understand what he was seeing, a scuffle in the red dirt.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

But the gatherings have led to few incidents so far aside from a few scuffles shared on social media.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Busch was known throughout his career as a competitor who gave no quarter—talking trash, getting into scuffles, and even crashing cars—in pursuit of victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

Swatch also closed stores in Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Glasgow and London over safety concerns, with social media video showing big queues and scuffles in other stores internationally.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Just more than two minutes before the first intermission, the physical nature of the series boiled over in a series of scuffles that ended with referee Graham Skilliter meeting with the captains of both teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

Where before this had been the moment for scuffles and cursing, tonight the huge dormitory buzzed with “Sorry!”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Friedman continued, “We’ve seen it time and time again with guys who have scuffled and all of a sudden found it and they roll off a heater.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025

The influence of Harbaugh was epitomized late in the game when the two teams briefly scuffled behind the end zone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2024

Mr. Keith was already in his 30s, having scuffled for years to make it in the music business, when he signed his first record deal in 1993.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

According to video released by an activist group behind the demonstrations, police, including mounted officers, scuffled with the protesters Wednesday.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Feet scuffled as the boys pushed back their chairs, preparing to leave, to get out of that terrible place.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

All were large, stable companies in 1972, which is why they were embraced by brokers and fund managers when the rest of the market was scuffling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

They were later seen scuffling with government supporters.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026

Part of the reason for the team’s relative inaction at the deadline was its trust that the healthy, but scuffling, members of its lineup would get back on track down the stretch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

Hernández’s midseason drop-off is perhaps the easiest to explain of any recently scuffling Dodgers hitter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025

“There was no singing, no shouting—just the sound of scuffling feet,” Lewis remembered.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman