brawl
Example Sentences
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The brawl has been likened to two heavyweight boxers heading into the ring.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Bickerstaff was referring to a time-honored tradition of Detroit basketball: Turning a hard court ballet into a back-alley brawl.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
“Sure, we’re having a bit of a brawl on our side, but people are excited to show up for our candidates because they’re people that actually deliver results for working class people,” Scudder said.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026
When she and Elphaba brawl, Grande hurl-plops onto her rival like a cupcake in a food fight.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
A crew composed entirely of eight amped-up, overtly aggressive oarsmen will often degenerate into a dysfunctional brawl in a boat or exhaust itself in the first leg of a long race.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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