set-to
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Black leaders and groups sponsored the first Black float, “Freedom Bursts Forth,” for the 1964 parade, after a very public set-to over the parade’s absence of people of color.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2022
Another weekend of Premier League action looms, bookended by tonight’s intriguing not-quite-a-derby rumble between Brighton and Crystal Palace, and Sunday’s that’s-more-like-it set-to between north London neighbours Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.
From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2022
What was most striking about this set-to was how much Warren seemed to be enjoying it.
From The New Yorker • May 17, 2016
Back in the United States, Nixon, poised to run for the presidency, gained stature as a tough anti-Communist in his set-to with Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2016
Now listen to me, Agnes, before you set-to, upon your stupid books again....
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
