dogfight
Example Sentences
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Williams picked off jets in a tussle that lasted more than 30 minutes—an astonishing duration, given that dogfights tend to be measured in seconds.
It is easier to play high tempo, ambitious rugby on a summer tour and against southern hemisphere opposition than in the depths of a Six Nations dogfight.
From BBC
In stark contrast to the narrow loss to New Zealand last week, Scotland enjoyed a strong first half and went 21-0 up early in the second, before being dragged into a dogfight by Los Pumas.
From BBC
Space Force officers now use the phrase “dogfighting in space” to describe what China’s been practicing.
From MarketWatch
“You know it’s going to be a dogfight. Every game is going to be a dogfight from the end of the season until the end of the year.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
