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verb

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Recent Examples of scuffle
Verb
The series win over the Yankees was just their second series win of the season, as the Orioles had scuffled to begin the season. Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025 The Royals’ offense is still scuffling, but the rotation has taken its performance to another level. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2025 Jayson Tatum flirted with a triple-double (22 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, two steals) and went 5-for-9 from three after scuffling in Games 1 and 2. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025 The right-hander dominated the scuffling Rockies hitters, striking out 10, walking none, and allowing just three hits over seven innings. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scuffle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scuffle
Noun
  • Nuñez warned that more skirmishes could occur on Sunday as PSG will parade on the Champs-Élysées before celebrating the title with their fans at the Parc des Princes stadium.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 1 June 2025
  • Thailand and Cambodia have a long history of land disputes, though Thailand said after the short skirmish that the situation had been resolved.
    DAVID RISING, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • The team then trained three seals–Nick, Luca, and Miro–to shuffle into place in front of a large screen and showed them the simulations.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 May 2025
  • The next generation's most exciting opportunities won't be found in shuffling digital information but in reimagining the physical world.
    Richard Lebovitz, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • As in Denver, cities across the country are wrestling with how to restore the pre-pandemic hustle and bustle to recharge what has historically been a crucial economic engine.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 31 May 2025
  • The guards wrestle him to the ground and In-ho watches.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Trump tests legal strategies as judges block his policies As the clash becomes a defining moment in the president's second term, conservative activists are pushing Congress to rein in federal judges and pressing Trump to intensify his fight with the courts.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • The clash between Villaraigosa’s environmentalist credentials and oil-industry ties surfaced in the governor’s race after Valero announced in late April that its Bay Area refinery would close next year, not long after Phillips 66 said its Wilmington refinery would close in 2025.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • On a remote island in northern Norway, metal detectorists stumbled upon a pair of bronze treasures.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
  • While sorting through storage in their Rhode Island studio to prep those reissues, Ivy stumbled upon a treasure trove of reel-to-reel tapes and old hard drives with unused material.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • Holland has been one of the more active UFC competitors since losing that contest by decision, fighting at middleweight and welterweight.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • The video, shared by News Nation, shows adults standing in a hallway when several men and women begin fighting.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Fires and recovery Crews battle fire burning in Pala, evacuations underway in northern San Diego County.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
  • Recently, a German court quietly ended a landmark legal battle that had spanned nearly a decade.
    Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • In a world where we’re constantly reminded that physical media is dead — that the future is just algorithms stomping our faces, forever — the fact that the Criterion Closet has gone viral suggests that all is not lost.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 May 2025
  • No one could agree on whether the brawl of as many as nine young men was limited to fists or if its participants were also kicking and stomping.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2025

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“Scuffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scuffle. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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