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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From casting backlash and political dustups to a lingering conversation of how to portray the tale's dwarfs in 2025, here's a timeline detailing the Snow White live-action remake's controversies.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
In a world gone mad, at least one constant remains: People in positions of power are still absolutely losing their minds over petty social media dustups, reacting in ways that just make everything worse.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
The dustup was also later revisited on the network’s Laura Coates Live.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
With that, what might have been a small dustup turned into a full-on war that reached far beyond Wheaton’s students and alumni.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
In a world gone mad, at least one constant remains: People in positions of power are still absolutely losing their minds over petty social media dustups, reacting in ways that just make everything worse.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
The dustup was also later revisited on the network’s Laura Coates Live.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
With that, what might have been a small dustup turned into a full-on war that reached far beyond Wheaton’s students and alumni.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Dustup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dustup. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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