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He does, however, participate in a brutally funny verbal tussle with his character’s nervy wife, played by Parker Posey, as she attracts attention from other CIA operatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

A proper old-fashioned tussle with Marmoush at times, who kept him on his toes.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

He knew by heart certain passages from her letters, he had revisited their tussle with the vase by the fountain, he remembered the warmth from her arm at the dinner when the twins went missing.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Bradley Tusk, a venture capitalist and campaign manager for Bloomberg’s third-term mayoral run, said he admired Mastro’s moxie, even though the lawyer had several legal tussles with his former boss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

High on the to-do list will be ensuring the economy is ready for another round of tussles with the U.S., as signaled by the emphasis Chinese leaders have placed on reducing reliance on foreign technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Gen. Rob Bonta has acted as the face of California’s legal battles against the federal government while Newsom has generally maintained a distance from the back-and-forth court tussles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

When I was young these tussles usually ended with Mother screaming over a broken lamp or vase, but as I got older there were fewer things left to break.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

The car maker has previously tussled with California workplace safety regulators over conditions at the Fremont plant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 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

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

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

His latest ad debuts during Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl,” a pregame show that features two teams of adoptable dogs tussling over toys in a model football stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026

I didn’t want to drag things out none by tussling.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis