tussle
Example Sentences
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He lost his seat in the Commons after an extraordinary legal tussle – a very rarely convened election court ruled he had lied about his Liberal Democrat opponent.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The tussle could hobble Anthropic’s business with the government.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
I was bored to tears watching Mayweather-Pacquiao a decade ago, but I won’t be able to resist when they tussle blandly in September.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
The meeting with the Kazakh Rybakina will be her fourth Melbourne final in a row, and she is expecting an almighty tussle.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 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
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