Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catfights
Noun
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Lily and the other sheep encounter some scary dogs one night, and there are a few tussles between both human and animal characters.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
8 May 2026 -
In later years Coe had serious tussles with the IRS, causing debt, bankruptcy and the lost of publishing rights to even his biggest hits.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And the United States and Iran had a series of scuffles last week that saw the Islamic Republic fire on American Navy vessels and the United States bomb Iranian ports.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Tens of thousands of people joined marches across the country, including in Paris, where brief scuffles with police broke out.—
Sylvie Corbet,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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But kids are fickle creatures, and eventually got bored of those Eternian squabbles.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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While passage of a budget is considered virtually inevitable despite internal squabbles, legislative action on a measure to keep the Bears from moving to Hammond, Indiana, is still being negotiated to satisfy a variety of interests.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2026
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The second half ground almost to a halt with a few minor dustups for fouls and arguments.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
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To Washington, the dustups are the sort of tough love the continent needs.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Inconspicuous blows against Denver escalated to skirmishes.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Thankfully, none of these skirmishes affects the guests’ satisfaction with the trip.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
Noun
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In a 2024 study, researchers found that chimpanzee mothers tended to step in to defend their children in quarrels—say, over food or space in a tree—in about half of cases the researchers observed in the wild.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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As the trio quarrels, bonds and ventures through the wild unknown, Felix discovers that true bravery may change not only his own destiny, but also the future of his home.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Durso alleged that Valle was upset after the previous altercations and lost his cool when his friend’s vehicle was damaged by the crowd of youths who rocked and shook the vehicle Valle and his friends arrived in.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2026
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Charles Melton plays an American GI named Private K who’s trying to locate his daughter and keeps getting into bloody altercations.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Outside the facility’s gates, there have been clashes between federal immigration officials and demonstrators.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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Days of protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Newark, New Jersey, have led to clashes between demonstrators and officers and a handful of arrests.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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“Catfights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catfights. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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