brawl

Is it a rift, kerfuffle, brawl or hairline fracture?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The government says that in 2025 more than 1,000 serious disruptive passenger incidents were logged by airlines, including a mid-air brawl that resulted in a flight being diverted.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in the tournament final, in a foul-heavy match that ended with a brawl on the pitch and the Argentine squad turning its back during the trophy ceremony.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

The situation has burst into a brawl involving the city’s most powerful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

This dreadful coffin-side brawl, known only to those few who attended Ariana Dumbledore’s funeral, raises several questions.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

His combative streak shows in his frequent brawls with doomers on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In contrast, at Locke, Green Dot agreed to manage an existing, massively struggling, eyesore campus associated with periodic brawls, truancy, single-digit academic proficiency rates, a 40% graduation rate and few college graduates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

However, away from the bumps, blood and brawls, it was mum Angela - who died from cancer in 2012 aged 51 - who provided Drew with motivation.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025

She rolls with a posse that’s 30-strong, uses warthogs like DoorDash for her tick snacks between brawls, and has a cousin who catches birds with his butt cheeks.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2024

We put headphones on when Didu's belting out songs about red roads, barroom brawls, magnolia blossoms, and lonely cowboys.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

They’d given everyone a taste of their border feud last year with the NHL’s Four Nations tournament, where they’d brawled and battled before Canada finally settled it on the ice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

This isn’t the first time Whole Foods’ parent company has brawled aggressively with organized labor.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025

There’s an undefeated Gamecocks team standing in their way, and just last week the two teams brawled!

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2024

The speaker said his guests for the State of the Union would also include New York City police officers who brawled with migrants in Time Square.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

He wrote a confidential memorandum to the police, instructing them to look out for rebellious young people who brawled, made mischief, and violated police orders.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

According to legend, it took rough and rugged characters to tame the early American frontier: men like Daniel Boone, the trailblazer, or Mike Fink, the brawling river boatman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

For one, he faced a divided parliament - opposition parties in Taiwan were brawling in parliament over the weekend over proposed reforms, and protesting over the last few days.

From BBC ● May 19, 2024

Copyright Act, to reclaim the rights for his 1986 screenplay, “Roadhouse,” which spawned the original movie and this year’s reboot, in which Gyllenhaal portrays an ex-UFC fighter who struggles to leave his brawling days behind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

He’s a fairly even-keeled, calm-sounding guy, which makes him a helpful spokesperson to an organization that has big bearded dudes going out fighting and brawling.

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2023

“A fine example to set for your children . . . brawling in public .. . what Gilderoy Lockhart must’ve thought —” “He was pleased,” said Fred.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling