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Recent Examples of fistfight
Indeed, if the record of the American-Statesman, which at the time aligned with white supremacists, is to believed, Berry’s Black Elephant was associated with public drunkenness, gambling, fistfights, hold-ups, burglaries, murders and bad behavior in general.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
After an exchange of words, the two got into a fistfight.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
An epic legal battle between the two in the 1990s featured a courtroom fistfight.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 29 May 2025
But after most fans filed out of the stadium, some San Diego supporters appeared to approach the visitors’ section, and multiple fistfights erupted — some dangerously close to the railing above the lower bowl.
—Mark Zeigler, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
After an exchange of words, the two got into a fistfight.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
An epic legal battle between the two in the 1990s featured a courtroom fistfight.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 29 May 2025
But after most fans filed out of the stadium, some San Diego supporters appeared to approach the visitors’ section, and multiple fistfights erupted — some dangerously close to the railing above the lower bowl.
—Mark Zeigler, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fistfight
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That said, the negative reputation surrounding the last lines in Jones’ thorny adaptation — a punch-up from Ellison’s original text that’s meaner and more sexist, no doubt — seems outsized.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 July 2025
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The Oscar promo did end up being released, with the main concept intact but minus those punch-ups.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Yankees started their slugfest in style against the Rays, as Judge’s big fly traveled 429 feet to the batter’s eye at Steinbrenner Field.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
20 Aug. 2025
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Hunter Henry, Austin Hooper, Jack Westover Notes: It’s been a slow, ugly slugfest among the backup tight ends to see who can win the No. 3 job.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
9 Aug. 2025
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The footage appears to show Lawrence and Pattinson in a heated confrontation, while other moments feature a character wielding a knife.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Even as liberal-seeming Amir invites Yusuf to join the Muslim Association, an informal organization of male Arab landowners, Yusuf’s father is killed in a night-time confrontation with the settlers.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Rodgers took four sacks and three other hits, including multiple heavy blows.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Last March, Mariah The Scientist allegedly came to blows with Young Thug’s former lover, Cleopatra Dues, at an Atlanta lounge.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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During the melee, several punches were thrown.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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More Edmonds/Getty Images All of a sudden, Freeland was yelling at Devers, Devers was pausing his home run trot to yell back, and players were streaming out of dugouts to create a melee.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The 27-year-old is technical, strong in duels, has a great engine to move up and down the pitch, a good ball progresser and reader of the game.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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After Fairview won 35-30 in a duel last fall, the two programs from the northwest quadrant of the metro delivered another intriguing bout in 2025.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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Setting aside the brewing shutdown brawl, allowing the subsidies to go by the way side could also be politically untenable for certain vulnerable Republicans and tee up voter backlash in next year’s midterms.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Inter Miami players Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Tomas Aviles, and Seattle Sounders staff member Steven Lenhart, received multiple game suspensions from the 2026 Leagues Cup as punishment for their behavior during a post-game brawl following Sunday’s Leagues Cup final.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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But back in the 2010s, Kershaw was a dominant strikeout pitcher who recorded at least 200 punch-outs in a season seven times during the ten-year span from 2010 to 2019.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 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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