tussle

Example Sentences

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No. 2 Michigan tussle in the Fort Worth Regional final.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

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

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

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