as in fighting
to oppose (someone) in physical conflict
growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs
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Fatu and Rhodes took turns fighting each other and then the WWE officials.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026 -
The Skippers kept fighting, using a 7-0 run to take a 57-55 lead with two minutes to go.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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More than 15,000 energy workers, including Adamov and his colleagues, are now battling to repair the damage across Ukraine.—
Svitlana Vlasova,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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In addition to those health conditions, Collins has also been battling type 2 diabetes since 2017.—
Karu F Daniels,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Scrimmaging (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrimmaging%20%28with%29. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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