skirmish

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

The Jan. 29 meeting was a byproduct of a legal skirmish between the Fed and the Justice Department.

From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026

To an outsider, the situation in Oxford might seem like a classic local skirmish between angry residents and their council.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

I fought that battle, that first skirmish of a long campaign, for Finny.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

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

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

These sorts of legal skirmishes happen all the time in this country.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026

New skirmishes in the region are hampering cease-fire talks, and highlight that safety — and million-dollar insurance rates per ship — are the top calculations that ship owners will be making.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

Fleischer, in its original incarnation, was out of business by 1942, while Disney has gone from strength to strength, but its onetime rival won a few skirmishes along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

I had never had anything to do with weapons, beyond the mock skirmishes with elder sticks at the orphanage.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

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

Riordan understood what our erstwhile owners did not: We had all skirmished in the arena, but there was no reason we couldn’t celebrate the important role of an independent media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 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

His troop skirmished against the Apache leader Geronimo in the waning Indian Wars.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2020

France, England, and other countries skirmished throughout the first half of the eighteenth century, and roughly a quarter century after Newton died, a full-scale war erupted.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio affirmed the administration’s preference for a negotiated agreement with Iran despite the skirmishing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

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

India and Pakistan have fought three wars, skirmishing often over claims to Kashmir, India’s only Muslim-majority state.

From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2022

However, this was only a light skirmishing manoeuvre, intended to create a little disorder, and the men easily drove the geese off with their sticks.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell