skirmish

Pakistan’s ability to hold its own in its skirmish with India last year also enhanced its prestige in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Hilarious,” Smart said with a smirk of the postgame skirmish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

According to him the war in Lebanon is "a separate skirmish".

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

This being “Primal,” they’re set upon by a group of diminutive flesh-eaters with jagged teeth, igniting a life-or-death skirmish that, miraculously, steals the viewer’s breath.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026

And although Gingersnipes did not carry the outward scars of her skirmish, it was clear she carried the memory.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Unitree humanoids are among the world's most recognisable, having wowed audiences with fluid martial arts dances and robot-on-robot kickboxing skirmishes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The book ends with a few skirmishes during the Reagan administration, including when U.S.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

New enthusiasm for the AI trade has helped boost stocks to repeated records in recent weeks, even as skirmishes persist in the Middle East, keeping oil prices volatile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

New skirmishes in the region are hampering cease-fire talks, and highlight that safety — and million-dollar insurance rates per ship — are the top calculations that ship owners will be making.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

Bull stood there accepting the small hurts of the border skirmishes waged on four frontiers of his body.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

He skirmished with health department officials and at times the White House, where some came to regard him as a rogue agent, the Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Hezbollah and Israel have skirmished along the tense Lebanon-Israel border.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

Even as Europe’s leaders skirmished over Ukrainian grain, Ukraine itself was given encouragement on Thursday that it would eventually be accepted into the European military fold.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

Both empires had ambitions to expand their influence, and they regularly skirmished with one another and attempted to meddle in each other’s politics, including by supporting rival claimants to the throne.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

France, England, and other countries skirmished throughout the first half of the eighteenth century, and roughly a quarter century after Newton died, a full-scale war erupted.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

The skirmishing was the latest outbreak of violence under a ceasefire struck two months ago by the U.S. and Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Amid the legal skirmishing, news of the indictment was a relief to the victim jewelers, at least eight of whom are based in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

The Iran-backed organization has been skirmishing with Israeli forces.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

Black does well in the early skirmishing in this Four Knights Game, but fails to respond adequately when Kupchik opens up the play in the center.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

After riding Sunshine, a group of us played at Civil War games, enacting the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, skirmishing with wooden swords and firing log cannons.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly