Examples of dustup in a Sentence
He had a dustup with a guy in the bar.
he came home with a black eye from the dustup at the bar
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Aside from the, well, red-meat aspect of the latest Senate race dustup, what about Talarico's actual message on meat consumption?
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John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Cops called to the dustup arrested Brown without incident.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
But the dustup goes much deeper than those two prohibitions.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The pictures were released just hours after Mamdani downplayed the dustup at an unrelated news conference earlier in the day.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
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John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
Cops called to the dustup arrested Brown without incident.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
But the dustup goes much deeper than those two prohibitions.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The pictures were released just hours after Mamdani downplayed the dustup at an unrelated news conference earlier in the day.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for dustup
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“Dustup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dustup. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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