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scuffle

[skuhf-uhl] / ˈskʌf əl /




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To celebrate the occasion, Childress presented Busch with a gift commemorating their infamous scuffle: a Rolex.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 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

Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch was suspended for one game by the NFL on Monday for striking Kansas City wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster to start a post-game scuffle on Sunday.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

The residents start drifting in forty minutes before breakfast is ready, by walker and wheelchair or just marching stiffly on their own power, and scuffle briefly over who sits where.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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