Example Sentences

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Altercations over Pokémon cards — which can net resellers thousands in profit — have been an issue for retailers before.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

Altercations involving groups of males have the potential to cause more injuries, and within-community fighting could also weaken the group's ability to fight off other groups of chimpanzees.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2024

Altercations between Camelot staff and students rarely end up in court.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2017

An entire section of Crowe's Wikipedia entry is dedicated to "Altercations and controversies."

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2015

Altercations, I am afraid, were not infrequent in the epoch when the actors in this drama were of the male sex.

From Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital by Muir, Ward