clash
Usage
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The noun clash implies a direct and sharp collision between opposing parties, efforts, interests, etc.: a clash of opinions. Struggle implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle. A brush is a brief encounter or skirmish: a brush with the law.
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Six years after a border clash in the Himalayas, are India and China, the world’s two most populous countries, trying to make up?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Now, critics are left to clash with influencers as they struggle to maintain access that could, in theory, help them continue to get jobs.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
The clash also prompted Fred Ngoga, an expert on regional conflict prevention from Burundi, to appeal for the protection of his country's citizens.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A leader of the group of foreigners told AFP that five Congolese nationals including two children were hurt in the clash.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Aarfy would puff reflectively on his pipe throughout the whole chaotic clash, gazing with unruffled curiosity at the war through McWatt’s window as though it were a remote disturbance that could not affect him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
It is the most attention a California gubernatorial contest has drawn since 2010, when “Today” show host Matt Lauer and NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd moderated nationally televised clashes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But clashes continue in the south and west, with mounting evidence that the war is spilling across Sudan's borders.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
But following January clashes that saw the Kurds lose large chunks of territory to government troops, the two sides signed a deal to integrate Kurdish military and civilian institutions into the state.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
But while clashes are inevitable, they shouldn’t be gratuitous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the beginning Mr. Dussel took our soon-forgotten clashes very seriously, but now he’s grown used to them and no longer tries to mediate.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Driscoll had clashed repeatedly with Hegseth over the nature and speed of military reform.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“The principal problem with this list is the total ignorance about the work of independent journalism,” wrote Ramos, who has clashed publicly with Sheinbaum and her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Over the years, however, Xu's taste for yachts and luxury clashed with President Xi Jinping's crackdown on extreme wealth as Beijing tightened its watch over corruption within the financial sector.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
It isn’t yet entirely clear who regulates prediction markets and how, and markets have regularly clashed with state officials trying to rein them in.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Pewter tankards, clay cups, and iron-banded drinking horns clashed together.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Pietersen is not shy of speaking his mind, or clashing with authority.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
When Venus and Serena were leapfrogging each other early in their careers, often clashing in Grand Slam finals across continents and surfaces, Serena insisted their competition existed in a supportive environment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Some rival studios have pushed their releases forward to avoid clashing with "GTA VI", creating an unusually dense calendar of new games.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Along with Google’s deep pockets came fiduciary duties to shareholders and clashing organizational interests.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
“They’re still clashing at Gettysburg,” Mr. Barrett said, walking back in with a newspaper in hand.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
