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
Multiple videos from the scene - taken from different angles - show the scuffle between federal immigration officers and Pretti.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
Ramsey, 31, said that Chase snatched his mouthpiece earlier in the game, which prompted a scuffle that resulted in offsetting unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
What happened next was too fast and too short to be called a scuffle.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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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