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dogfight

[dawg-fahyt, dog-] / ˈdɔgˌfaɪt, ˈdɒg- /




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Last weekend Osasuna winger Munoz impressed as his team won away for the first time all season, for back-to-back wins to take them away from the relegation dogfight.

From Barron's

He then conceded, “It’s going to be a dogfight.”

From Los Angeles Times

So why enable a future scenario in which F-35 jets conduct dogfights against each other?

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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