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Recent Examples of fistfight
After a brief fistfight, the officer was knocked to the ground, and his bodycam was obscured.
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The May 12 fatal shooting was sparked by a fistfight between two local street gangs, involving the 14-year-old shooter near Home St. and Tinton Ave.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Once a week, Ronnie and I would have to have at least one real fistfight, always squaring off.
—Tina Knowles, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
The Dark Ages is more like a line dance that accidentally ends up in a fistfight.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The May 12 fatal shooting was sparked by a fistfight between two local street gangs, involving the 14-year-old shooter near Home St. and Tinton Ave.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Once a week, Ronnie and I would have to have at least one real fistfight, always squaring off.
—Tina Knowles, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
The Dark Ages is more like a line dance that accidentally ends up in a fistfight.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fistfight
Noun
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Often, when shows do crossovers, the writers on one will do punch-up for their characters on the other.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2025
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Toward the end there’s a punch-up, with several players involved.—
David Szalay,
The New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2024
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Despite their erratic bullpen, and injuries and mediocre performances from much of their starting rotation, the Braves feel a lot better about their overall situation because their offense is again potent enough to keep them in most games and win plenty of slugfests.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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From there, the two threw caution to the wind and engaged in a slugfest that Abdul-Malik got the best of.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Video of the meeting showed the confrontation began during a confusing moment in the session.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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Reactive dogs deserve patience and distance, not judgment or confrontation.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Scores of cops responding to a 911 call about a disorderly group swarmed in to break up the wild melee and arrested about 17 boys, officials said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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In the melee, second base ump Kellen Levy fell backward to the ground.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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In 2025, that efficiency narrative hit center stage: the NBA Finals featured a dramatic and entertaining duel between two small market NBA teams.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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However, the Pirates-Brewers game features one of the best the pitchers duels of the year with Paul Skenes going up against Jacob Misiorowski.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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If a person tears off someone’s ear or nose in a bar brawl, jail time is almost certain.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
The Enquirer,
4 July 2025
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There's much to consider about this hypothetical brawl.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The lefty was able to work his way out of trouble each time, first striking out Ozuna to end the third before getting a pair of punch-outs to end the fourth after initially putting two on with nobody out.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2025
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Asus chose to have a punch-out camera and obscure part of the screen rather than mount it in a larger bezel, which shows how form has come ahead of function.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
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“Fistfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fistfight. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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