crossed swords
Example Sentences
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He has crossed swords over Lululemon’s ill-fated acquisition of at-home fitness startup Mirror, which it purchased for $500 million in 2020, and stopped selling three years later.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
But Mr. Dennett, who never shirked controversy, often crossed swords with other famed scholars and thinkers.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024
Instead of crossed swords, a butcher’s knife, a cleaver and a honing steel cross behind a crest with paintings of a wheel of cheese, a lobster, a bottle of wine, a head of cattle.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
"Every time I hear you I feel a little bit dumber," Haley said after they crossed swords about the app during a previous encounter in September.
From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2023
It was the first gravedigger, the man who had crossed swords so briefly with Falconer a few days before.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
