skirmishing

verb

present participle of skirmish
1
as in brawling

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2
as in exploring

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirmishing
  1. brawling
  2. exploring
  3. boxing
  4. probing
  5. snooping
  6. prospecting
  7. learning
  8. finding
Verb
  • Well, maybe everyone except for the fans escorted out of the right-field bleachers after brawling, another clip that went viral on social media.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Massive fights erupted at the Wisconsin State Fair during its chaotic closing hours Sunday, with viral video showing people in crowds throwing punches and brawling as police moved in to break up the mayhem.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of brawling
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  • Ideal for exploring our own solar system, the Celestron PowerSeeker 80EQ comes with 20mm and 4mm eyepieces, a 3x Barlow lens, a German equatorial mount, finderscope and Starry Night astronomy software.
    — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Consequently, more organizations are exploring a similar strategy by incorporating AI tools alongside traditional staffing.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of exploring
Verb
  • He was stripped of his heavyweight title, barred from boxing for more than three years and convicted of draft evasion.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • But for Gonzales, the gym has always been about more than boxing.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of boxing
Verb
  • Hockey players in the NHL are too good at probing their opponents for weakness and ruthlessly exploiting it.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Then, use it to augment your ideas and drill down several layers with probing questions and instructions.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of probing
Verb
  • An alcoholic drink will give you a buzz, but if someone laced it with something dangerous, a new poison-snooping patch will buzz your skin to warn you.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Cady had injected some narcotic into a Georgia peach to knock Natalie out ahead of his confrontation with Crystal on the houseboat, but Ray snooping around on the Bowdens’s behalf led to this deadly improvisation.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 July 2026
Definition of snooping
Verb
  • The prospecting company, now called Hydroma, had a small electrical plant constructed to convert the gas into power for the village’s residents.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The city tries to keep its idiosyncratic businesses going while prospecting for newcomers.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of prospecting
Verb
  • Many of the experiences are suitable for older children, from riding to learning how to look after sheep for the day, accompanied by a local shepherd.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But for educators, there is a growing consensus that AI literacy is about more than learning how to use generative AI and write good prompts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of learning
Verb
  • The Mexican navy searched a vast area of the Pacific Ocean by sea and air, eventually finding the two men floating in a large fishing cooler about 150 miles off the coast of Chiapas, a southern state in Mexico that borders Guatemala.
    — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Officers reported allegedly finding live ammunition hidden in a sock in her dresser, a digital scale, more than 100 plastic baggies, text messages appearing to show drug sales, and $4,121 in cash.
    — Julie Watts August 20, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of finding
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