tussle
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The announcement kicked off a chaotic tussle over the funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
In light of the legal tussle with California, some have encouraged David Ellison to ditch Paramount’s Hollywood headquarters in favor of Tennessee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The former Arsenal forward also opened the scoring against Bosnia before getting sent off in the 64th minute after a tussle with Muharemovic for a looping ball.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The cash payment looks set to cap an extraordinary Wall Street tussle that saw a company single out one of its own shareholders over its trading activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
In the tussle that followed, something fell out of Other Ashley’s bag—insulin and needles.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
Bessent has become one of Trump’s most trusted advisers after previous tussles with other Trump allies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Direct control of the Bronx building, a Success Academy first, means no political tussles over repairs or storage space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Before Robby and Al-Hashimi engage in any real ideological tussles, though, she commits the cardinal sin of suggesting they change the trauma center’s nickname to something else.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
Only Nkunku and Moises Caicedo – both of whom were on the pitch a lot longer – registered more duels overall, with only Marc Cucurella and Trevoh Chalobah taking part in as many aerial tussles.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
He reaches out and tussles at my hair.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has spent the past year trying to act as a bridge while Trump tussled with other European leaders over tariffs, Ukraine and Greenland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
In 2025, the US president went as far as visiting the Fed's under-renovation headquarters, where he verbally tussled with Powell as the two toured the site.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
As the Soviet Union and the US tussled over the Korean peninsula, they agreed to to divide it.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
After stopping at the amenities table for fresh water, towels and doggie sunscreen, Dug tussled with another golden retriever, Bubbles, who was wearing a Goyard collar from Paris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025
I tussled with her as she tried to calm me down, to move me away from the brazier, lest in my frenzy I should tip it over.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
To wrap the Pont Neuf, he spent $2.5 million of his own money and some 10 years tussling with bureaucrats and politicians before securing the approval of President Francois Mitterrand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
His attentiveness will be closely watched in the Maduro case, as tussling between the defense and prosecution has already threatened to draw out proceedings.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Defenders are grappling with attackers, and attackers are tussling with defenders.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
In Colorado, the industry is tussling over a first of its kind law to protect consumers from algorithmic discrimination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
I didn’t want to drag things out none by tussling.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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