as in fought
to oppose (someone) in physical conflict
growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs
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Then, amid the pandemic, my research on cultural destruction was suddenly everywhere as Azerbaijan launched a war in our ancestral homeland—fought in the shadow of erasures like Djulfa.—
Simon Maghakyan,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026 -
As the fish fruitlessly fought the current, neurons that release norepinephrine fired; in response, calcium built up in astrocytes.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
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Residents in South El Monte were ordered to shelter in place for roughly five hours Wednesday as more than 100 firefighters battled a massive blaze at a warehouse complex that sent a dark plume of smoke into the air and emitted an acrid chemical smell.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Firefighters battled freezing cold temperatures as flames destroyed a daycare center in Gardner, Massachusetts early Thursday morning.—
Anna Meiler,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Scrimmaged (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrimmaged%20%28with%29. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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