tussle
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The hearing started out with a verbal tussle between the committee chair, Republican Rand Paul, of Kentucky, and Mullin.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 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 public tussle tarnished the Burbank company’s clean image and undermined its goal of entertaining the masses, no matter their political stripes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
They went with serve and the seventh game was another tussle, Sabalenka holding for 4-3 after the best rally of a cagey affair.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
It is a tussle that continues to smoulder.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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