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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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The game itself was a sloppy slugfest, with both teams combining for 31 turnovers (Magic Johnson coughed it up no fewer than seven times, with two of those fumbles occurring in the final minute) and the Celtics shooting 39.5% from the field.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
11 July 2025
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In our interview, Sheeraz called him an underrated boxer, which is rare praise from a rising British star, and one that suggests this won’t just be a slugfest.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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That ultimately led to a verbal confrontation between Morrow, 47, and Steve Raleigh.—
Kevin Grasha,
The Enquirer,
11 July 2025
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The incident is one of the latest in a growing series of confrontations with federal immigration officers.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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Fox said Ogletree, 36, was protecting others who were involved in the melee.—
Kevin Grasha,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Another teen girl was stabbed, her lung punctured, during the melee.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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What looked like a classic pitchers’ duel before the game took some twists and turns on Friday, with one ace looking rock-solid, but losing, and another ace struggling early, but winning.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
12 July 2025
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Junk and Baltimore starter Trevor Rogers engaged in a pitchers’ duel into the seventh inning.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
12 July 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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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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“Fistfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fistfight. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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