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

The announcement kicked off a chaotic tussle over the funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The settlement announced Thursday brings to a close a two-year legal tussle between the family of Jason Maccani and the city’s lawyers over his 2024 death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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

The Coastal Commission signed off on the project a few years ago, after tussles over low-cost housing provisions during the course of erecting yet another luxury hotel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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

Direct control of the Bronx building, a Success Academy first, means no political tussles over repairs or storage space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 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

Campion and Chervil were kept busy taking out endurance patrols, and tussles and training fights were organized at morning silflay.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

For months, Vahidi, an enigmatic commander whose predecessor was killed on the first day of the war, has tussled with more public-facing, political figures in the Iranian leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 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

Earlier last week, demonstrators - some of whom were from Indigenous groups - carrying signs that read "our forests are not for sale" broke into the summit and tussled with security.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

After stopping at the amenities table for fresh water, towels and doggie sunscreen, Dug tussled with another golden retriever, Bubbles, who was wearing a Goyard collar from Paris.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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

While tussling for the ball, he stepped directly on an opponent’s ankle and received a straight red card, which will keep him out of the next game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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

In “The Climb,” there is a moment where Covino and Marvin briefly wrestle, a ludicrous sight of two grown men tussling on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

"We fought each other, wrestling and tussling," she said.

From BBC ● May 14, 2025

I thinks all your tussling done bust one n’em scabs open.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis