brawled

past tense of brawl

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Recent Examples of brawled Cody Rhodes came back with a Suicide Dive as the two brawled until the show went off the air. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025 Miami hosts Seattle Tuesday night -- the same teams that brawled after Seattle’s recent Leagues Cup title-game win. Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brawled
Verb
  • In recent years, the companies have bickered about the rise of streaming services, in which the media companies are investing billions of dollars and which lure away cable and satellite customers.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Communists and socialists bickered over doctrine and orthodoxy.
    Kornel Chang September 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rachel Goldberg-Polin fought to save her son’s life.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Years after Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman fought to the death to save his fellow soldiers, an intelligence officer strives to prove his valor — leading an investigation that ultimately would secure him the Medal of Honor.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to The Associated Press, the Justice Department argued in a July memo that grants for HSIs were unconstitutional because they were reserved for schools that have at least 25% Hispanic enrollment.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Beneath Nkrumah’s elaborate rhetoric, Mazrui argued, lay a simple drive to consolidate control through a one-party state that would inevitably empower only his most loyal—and least thoughtful—allies.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Most had quarrelled with someone right before the act.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Bangkok and Phnom Penh have quarreled for decades over undemarcated parts of their 508-mile land border, which was first mapped by France in 1907 when Cambodia was its colony.
    Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Fans have pointed to the former Big Machine label boss, who oversaw Swift’s early career and later clashed with her over ownership of her masters, as the likely target of this fiery track.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Peru Protestors clashed with police in Lima, the Peruvian capital, over the weekend as young demonstrators, joined by bus and taxi drivers, marched over growing economic insecurity.
    Connor Greene, Time, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Brawled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brawled. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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