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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Cops called to the dustup arrested Brown without incident.
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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
In this week’s STATus Report, host Alex Hogan explores how glyphosate works, delves into why its use is so controversial, and discusses the political ramifications of this dustup for MAHA with STAT reporter Isabella Cueto.
—Alex Hogan, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
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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
In this week’s STATus Report, host Alex Hogan explores how glyphosate works, delves into why its use is so controversial, and discusses the political ramifications of this dustup for MAHA with STAT reporter Isabella Cueto.
—Alex Hogan, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Dustup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dustup. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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