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Recent Examples of brawl
Noun
The argument escalated into a physical brawl, with Lomax and Grossman wrestling on the ground in front of stunned festival staff and musicians. Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025 Their brawl began last week, when Schiff, D-California, was asked by KTLA television anchor Cher Calvin about Kiley’s bill to ban such redistricting. David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
The men Danielson brawled with—Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli, and Gabe Kidd—were all members or associates of the Blackpool Combat Club, a faction that Danielson himself founded alongside Moxley. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025 The president spoke as if a war between nations was similar to a fight between brawling children. Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for brawl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brawl
Noun
  • Those clashes became viral videos that cemented his reputation as a culture warrior.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • On November 25, the La Liga holders travel to Stamford Bridge for a mouthwatering clash with the reigning Club World Cup kings.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Student accused of mocking Charlie Kirk death Camryn Giselle Booker, a student at Texas Tech University, was arrested on charges of assault after an altercation with students mourning the death of Charlie Kirk.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Campus police arrested a student at Texas Tech University in connection to an altercation with students who were mourning the death of Charlie Kirk, officials confirmed.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Not with a whimper but with a siren wail that long ago converted to white noise in our collective hearing; a global tinnitus like the hum of a fridge; the quiet roar of the Greenland ice sheet slipping into the Musk Ocean.
    Reuven Perlman, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • There are more and more people on the other side of the glass, the sound like a sea’s roar outside.
    Sara Stridsberg September 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jennifer Aniston’s Alex Levy, Reese Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson, and the other members of The Morning Show’s newsroom and its network are once again bickering and backstabbing.
    Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Coaches are also bickering about money, a topic that would have felt out of place 10 years ago.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • More than a dozen people faced criminal charges stemming from a melee after a rally in Soliman’s support; demonstrators and police blame each other for the violence July 17.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Notably, Miami midfielder Sergio Busquets avoided punishment after appearing to strike Vargas on the chin during the post-match melee.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The dispute was heard by an arbitrator (and not a judge) because, per SPAC language and accompanying NBPA regulations, player-agent disputes are subject to arbitration.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The dishwasher was made in America, though there is some dispute over who did it.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Additionally, pollution accumulation and vessel noise disrupt their echolocation abilities, making hunting increasingly difficult.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This helps to break through the noise and build credibility.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • How do Flock cameras help fight crime?
    Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • These medications can lower the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that helps fight bacterial infections.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Brawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brawl. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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