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Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in the tournament final, in a foul-heavy match that ended with a brawl on the pitch and the Argentine squad turning its back during the trophy ceremony.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Barnes, four other Times reporters and their families—along with the New York Times NYT 1.41%increase; green up pointing triangle itself—were swept up in a legal brawl over the Trump administration’s efforts to identify leakers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Then he got in another brawl, was imprisoned in Fort St. Angelo, escaped, and was formally expelled by the Order—the recorded language is “like a rotten and fetid limb.”

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026

The brawl has been likened to two heavyweight boxers heading into the ring.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

They’re staring stoic holes into me from the wall, seething as if they had gotten into a brawl beforehand and were forced to take a picture with one another afterward.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

She is impressed that even the fiercest brawls on the field typically give way to laughter and handshakes at the conclusion of the match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

Matthew Tkachuk, a Team USA player who was among those involved in the brawls, told reporters afterwards that his team needed to deliver a message that "It's our time right now."

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025

She rolls with a posse that’s 30-strong, uses warthogs like DoorDash for her tick snacks between brawls, and has a cousin who catches birds with his butt cheeks.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2024

Mizuhara shadowed Ohtani everywhere while they were with the Angels — in the training room, on the mound during pitching coach visits, even onto the field during bench-clearing brawls.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

We put headphones on when Didu's belting out songs about red roads, barroom brawls, magnolia blossoms, and lonely cowboys.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

They’d given everyone a taste of their border feud last year with the NHL’s Four Nations tournament, where they’d brawled and battled before Canada finally settled it on the ice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

This isn’t the first time Whole Foods’ parent company has brawled aggressively with organized labor.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025

He sprawled and brawled, left monster tips, flew in his own plane and abluted in a gilded bathtub.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

As the two teams brawled on pit road, Harvick stood back and watched and then won his only Cup title two weeks later.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2021

He wrote a confidential memorandum to the police, instructing them to look out for rebellious young people who brawled, made mischief, and violated police orders.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Fight choreography was made to look more like brawling, with Chau noting performers dialed back “strong shapes, motions and lines” into characters that are “a little bit more broken down” to underscore the noir aesthetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

According to legend, it took rough and rugged characters to tame the early American frontier: men like Daniel Boone, the trailblazer, or Mike Fink, the brawling river boatman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Colourful details about the private lives of the brawling billionaires have trickled out in the run-up to trial as attorneys wrangle over the evidence and testimony that should and shouldn't be shared with the jury.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

He’s a fairly even-keeled, calm-sounding guy, which makes him a helpful spokesperson to an organization that has big bearded dudes going out fighting and brawling.

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2023

“I’ll report the pair of you to the colonel if you don’t straighten up. There’ll be no more brawling or caterwauling in this kitchen.”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson