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Owens, 48, told NBC News Monday afternoon that the TMZ footage accurately depicted the fisticuffs, but didn't capture what led up to the fight.
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Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2022
After several minute of antagonistic behavior, one of the men took him up on fisticuffs.
—John Benson, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
From local civic fisticuffs to mass school shootings, most of us have an internal voice that says stop.
—WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
From a football standpoint, there are more fracases and fisticuffs in joint practices than games, diminishing some of their value.
—Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
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Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2022
After several minute of antagonistic behavior, one of the men took him up on fisticuffs.
—John Benson, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
From local civic fisticuffs to mass school shootings, most of us have an internal voice that says stop.
—WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
From a football standpoint, there are more fracases and fisticuffs in joint practices than games, diminishing some of their value.
—Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
See All Example Sentences for fisticuffs
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“Fisticuffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisticuffs. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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