skirmish

But if the first go-rounds last year were tragedy—depressing stocks, spiking prices, and rending hearts in both countries—the latest skirmish is starting to look more like farce.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

The skirmish was the latest in a string of incidents that has tested the two-month-old ceasefire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

“Hilarious,” Smart said with a smirk of the postgame skirmish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

According to him the war in Lebanon is "a separate skirmish".

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

The September skirmish took place during a council discussion over forming a human relations Commission, primarily to hear alleged incidents of race discrimination.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Thanks to skirmishes with Bordeaux-Begles in the Champions Cup, Pollock has pantomime villain status in the country.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Unitree humanoids are among the world's most recognisable, having wowed audiences with fluid martial arts dances and robot-on-robot kickboxing skirmishes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The skirmishes forced the U.S. and its regional allies to use more of their shrinking supply of defensive interceptors and carried high risks to Gulf energy infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The book ends with a few skirmishes during the Reagan administration, including when U.S.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

A veteran of old skirmishes, bearded, scarred across his cheek and the bone stoven and the one eye wandering.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

He skirmished with health department officials and at times the White House, where some came to regard him as a rogue agent, the Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Hezbollah and Israel have skirmished along the tense Lebanon-Israel border.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

Both empires had ambitions to expand their influence, and they regularly skirmished with one another and attempted to meddle in each other’s politics, including by supporting rival claimants to the throne.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Smoke arose from the streets outside the stately Parliament complex as police and protesters skirmished, though police said no tear gas was deployed and reported seizing smoke grenades from protesters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2022

The last time she skirmished with Alexandra was when her brother died.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

It was also the first conflict-related death recorded outside Iran in nearly two months of skirmishing that has mainly involved military or infrastructure targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Amid the legal skirmishing, news of the indictment was a relief to the victim jewelers, at least eight of whom are based in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

The Iran-backed organization has been skirmishing with Israeli forces.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

Black does well in the early skirmishing in this Four Knights Game, but fails to respond adequately when Kupchik opens up the play in the center.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

Obie looked down at the field where the guys were skirmishing in the shadow of the goal posts.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier