tussle

Having been subjected to multiple FCC probes of ABC’s programming, the corporation has pushed back in court against Carr, in what has already amounted to a drawn-out and expensive legal tussle.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Firms now regularly pay first-year associates salaries of $250,000, up from $190,000 in 2018, in the tussle for the best talent straight out of law school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Past Booker Prize winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart have been shortlisted for the prestigious literary award again, after a selection process that the judges described as "a tussle".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The announcement kicked off a chaotic tussle over the funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

This would be the point where she’d leap on Vonetta, they’d tussle, and then I’d have to pry them apart.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

His history of tussles with Trump is extensive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Bessent has become one of Trump’s most trusted advisers after previous tussles with other Trump allies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

It was an incredible conclusion to an engrossing encounter, one that has repeatedly delivered drama in Guardiola's past tussles with Jurgen Klopp and now Arne Slot.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

Before Robby and Al-Hashimi engage in any real ideological tussles, though, she commits the cardinal sin of suggesting they change the trauma center’s nickname to something else.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026

He reaches out and tussles at my hair.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has spent the past year trying to act as a bridge while Trump tussled with other European leaders over tariffs, Ukraine and Greenland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

In 2025, the US president went as far as visiting the Fed's under-renovation headquarters, where he verbally tussled with Powell as the two toured the site.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Van der Poel re-joined the peloton within just 10km of his crash and tussled with Pogacar through the hills.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025

On Friday night, reports emerged that Elon Musk’s aides had tussled with Office of Personnel Management and Treasury staffers while demanding access to troves of information about federal employees.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2025

He was sniffed and tussled with and rolled over in the grass until he felt almost as though he were being attacked.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Four victories in as many games has City sitting joint-top of the Premier League alongside Arsenal, and the early signs suggest those two sides will be the ones tussling for the title once more.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

His attentiveness will be closely watched in the Maduro case, as tussling between the defense and prosecution has already threatened to draw out proceedings.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

Detroit has spent the season griping with referees, tussling with opponents and piling up 66 technicals, by far the highest number in the league.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

Defenders are grappling with attackers, and attackers are tussling with defenders.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

All was quiet, but as they paused at the top of the bank, a tussling pack of six or seven sparrows flew down to the line and began to peck about between the sleepers.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams