Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirmished
Verb
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Drivers brawled with attendants when the gas ran out, or when the lines weren’t moving fast enough, and cops closed down the stations, which made no one happy.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026 -
Rose then brawled with another user who accused the ambassador of interfering in Polish politics.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The beauty of Neue Galerie is its modest size, and all three gallery floors can be fairly explored in about 30 minutes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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For decades, 60 Minutes has explored some of the most remote and extraordinary places on Earth, places viewers have never been and likely will never go.—
Brit McCandless Farmer,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Now 130 subpoenas hammer anyone who ever probed him, while half of the Epstein files stay conveniently buried.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Blume might have probed this kind of opaque friendship breakup in one of her novels.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Workmen dug up graves and boxed up bones for reburial.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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They’re not completely boxed into West Africa, though.—
Jenna Thompson
March 25,
Kansas City Star,
25 Mar. 2026
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Its founding principles—informed by an environmentally-conscious ethos and values which ‘protect the islands, support local communities, and do business in a…fair and future-focused way,’ says Dixon—mirrored those at Nikoi, and still hold strong today.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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And the three who founded it in 1998 ran two unlicensed boarding schools in Missouri that have since been closed amid abuse allegations.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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The pair quickly ascertained that a skier was still attached to the skis, and bee-lined toward him.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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The amount of the increase, which was first reported by Bloomberg, couldn’t be ascertained.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Will County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Monday that more remains have been found in the same location where the bones of a missing man were discovered last week.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Gerald Lopez, who taught English and coached sports at the East County school, was arrested in 2022 by El Cajon police after the then-17-year-old girl’s mother discovered a series of text messages between her daughter and Lopez.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Skirmished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirmished. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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