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as in clash
a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups
throughout the week of the convention, police engaged in skirmishes with some of the demonstrators
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Recent Examples of skirmish
Gabriel Sama,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
One of those skirmishes, in fact, involved Childress himself, in 2011 at Kansas Speedway, when the then-65-year-old car owner for an opposing team got into a physical altercation with Busch after an on-track incident.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2026
At Bunker HIll, historical displays are accompanied by panels with quotes that reflect on the monument and the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major skirmish of the Revolutionary War.
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Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
5 June 2026
The comps were particularly rough that season, as the NYC-OKC skirmish was no match for what would prove to be Michael Jordan’s final championship in Chicago.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 June 2026
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While the war ended years before, the hostility spread from the stands — with skirmishes among supporters — into the field, when Maradona tricked the referee and the world with the World Cup’s most infamous goal, punching the ball into the net with his fist above England’s goalie Peter Shilton.
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Gabriel Sama,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
One of those skirmishes, in fact, involved Childress himself, in 2011 at Kansas Speedway, when the then-65-year-old car owner for an opposing team got into a physical altercation with Busch after an on-track incident.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2026
At Bunker HIll, historical displays are accompanied by panels with quotes that reflect on the monument and the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major skirmish of the Revolutionary War.
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Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
5 June 2026
The comps were particularly rough that season, as the NYC-OKC skirmish was no match for what would prove to be Michael Jordan’s final championship in Chicago.
—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for skirmish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirmish
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The encounter began when Todd and Elvia Malcolm spotted a female moose near the edge of the woods in Telos Township, Maine, and pulled over hoping to snap a photo.
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After learning that her friend Shannon’s mother has died in a car accident, Elle is suddenly facing her first real encounter with grief and, unable to sit with it, throws herself into planning the memorial, down to selecting the music.
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But Kubo hasn’t played since suffering a meniscus tear in Japan’s opener against the Netherlands, and yesterday he was ruled out for the Brazil clash.
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At the heart of the clash is how to manage wild horse populations that can reproduce at a rapid clip.
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And in an age of boorish, brawling Little League Parents®, perhaps there’s a lesson to be learned from our new friends in the horn hats.
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Another worker described the chaos as well over a dozen teens brawled inside the diner.
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Buffalo acquired Zellweger for a second-round pick and prospect Anton Wahlberg in a trade with the Ducks on draft day.
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Florida also has Cole Reinhardt, Jonah Gadjovich and Crookshank under contract for next season to round out their forward group in addition to prospect Sandis Vilmanis.
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True, nothing so grand as a massive dragon and naval battle took place, but seeing Rhaenyra start to change into someone almost unrecognizable from her younger, more innocent self was compelling in a deeper way.
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There have been naval battles and beheadings and aerial battles and, well, more beheadings.
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The ongoing concerns that a Gwinnett County church's fence may have been installed over graves have continued, with an archaeologist probing the ground on Tuesday to see what lies beneath.
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Advanced models can be turned on critical infrastructure or used to probe nuclear command and control systems, and this is not hypothetical.
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What is clear is that centrist Democrats haven’t mounted much of a fight.
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Railing against a new crop of progressive candidates has emerged as a more animating focus for a president who thrills to a fight.
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Many works around the country explored new electronic music technology.
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There's a full rainbow of primal prints to explore, like this flowing calf-print caftan from Moroccan designer Fadila El Gadi.
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“Skirmish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirmish. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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