skirmishing

present participle of skirmish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirmishing
Verb
  • The soldiers’ pastimes of drinking, gambling, and brawling also offended many Bostonians, who retained the piety of their Pilgrim ancestors.
    Time, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Sports could be dangerous even without brawling in UFC’s Octagon, an eight-sided cage.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Natural History Museum’s grand setting — home to exhibits exploring the origins of life and the cosmos — provides a fitting backdrop for the awards ceremony, aimed to bring together leaders across government, private industry and academia.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Visitors can get a taste of Southern California’s legendary cultural diversity by exploring unique enclaves like Cambodia Town, a one-mile stretch of businesses and restaurants home to the largest population of people of Cambodian descent outside of Southeast Asia.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reconnaissance via Teams Attackers start by probing Teams environments to find weak spots.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • According to reporting from Reuters, India’s textile exporters are feverishly probing European markets for new opportunities.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An Emmy nominee, Foster will next be seen starring opposite Sydney Sweeney in the Black Bear boxing pic Christy, out November 7 after premiering at TIFF.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin was featured throughout the trailer and was shown boxing an opponent in a ring.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There also are characters straight from the David Lynch school of the bizarre, including the menacing figure who warns Ron to stop snooping around and the bearer of a disturbing story about a manufacturing job that requires being nude.
    Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As Mercury and Pluto clash, snooping in someone’s business lands you in hot water.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Over the years, many scientists have suggested that prospecting for He-3 could be accomplished using high-energy gamma rays, in the 20 megaelectron volt (MeV) region.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In 2027, the company plans a prospecting mission to one of their target spots to analyze dirt samples.
    Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the end, Krantz added, adopting a more strategic approach ultimately benefits customers, allowing companies to use their time and money more effectively by learning from the successes of others.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Link’s flight simulators supercharging our pilot training with adaptive decision-making under pressure; medical residents refining teamwork and communication in simulated trauma bays; managers learning leadership through live project crises with shifting constraints and incomplete information.
    Joe Boylan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Partner can double with hearts, thus finding an eight-card fit whenever possible.
    Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
  • So many of McAnally’s song ideas have been mined from his knack for finding stories in everyday life.
    Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Skirmishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirmishing. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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