skirmishes (with)

present tense third-person singular of skirmish (with)

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Verb
  • Under a new deal with CBS and Paramount+, UFC fights will be available for all subscribers.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Days later, then-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley announced a campaign challenging the former governor as the GOP fights to keep the Senate seat red.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many of the amendments are likely to spark infighting among Republicans as the party battles over whether to become more isolationist in the face of skepticism about assisting foreign countries.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Bateman's character, Vince Friedken, battles a gambling addiction in a trailer for the crime thriller, as Law's Jake Friedken celebrates the growing success of his buzzy establishment.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lately Rigel has seen big sales increases for a few of its drugs, notably Tavelisse, which combats a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks its own blood platelets.
    John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Ant International claims the platform combats hallucinations and other data risks by using over 100 recognition models and 600,000 risk lexicons.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Skirmishes (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirmishes%20%28with%29. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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