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scuffle

[skuhf-uhl] / ˈskʌf əl /




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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

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

Saints lost out 28-20 in May's Cardiff showpiece, with star back row Pollock at the centre of a final-whistle scuffle.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2026

Maybe at camp she could’ve gotten into a scuffle, but the consequences would’ve been dire: hours-long conflict-resolution seminars with the counselors and the rabbi.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

Remember its carefully telegraphed missile strikes after previous scuffles, easily shot down by the U.S. and its allies.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

On Tuesday, the fourth consecutive day of the campus protests, videos verified by AFP showed two groups facing off in a large hall at a Tehran university before scuffles broke out.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

"There have been scuffles, but they were indeed brought under control by our law enforcement officers," Ibrahime Kuibiert Coulibaly, the head of the independent electoral commission, told reporters.

From Barron's Dec. 28, 2025

"He is not really involved in any scuffles anymore and that is down to maturity."

From BBC Oct. 8, 2025

Besides this, they had used every means to spare themselves and their soldiers fear and hardship, not killing each other in their scuffles, but instead taking each other prisoner without demanding ransom.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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

As the ultra-Orthodox scuffled with police at the protest, other Israelis berated them, chanting “Shame! Shame!”

From Seattle Times Mar. 26, 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

Athena turned her aegis shield his way and Hermes scuffled off.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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 a sort of scuffling sound nearby, and Dimple opened her eyes, startled.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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