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That’s thanks to a climactic moment in “The Outsiders” musical in which real water falls from the rafters as teen gangs brawl in a fight filled with rain, mud and stage blood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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

“There’s no meaningful achievement I’ve ever experienced where it wasn’t like a brawl every step of the way,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

“I figured I’d stop you from starting a brawl in the dormitory. Calm down.”

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"They're very good people. We can't even begin to imagine how this could happen. They are not people who get embroiled in brawls," says a man who lives a few doors down their street.

From BBC ● May 12, 2024

Weir, who starred in “Matilda the Musical,” cheerfully chomps into this role, which requires tremendous physicality, blending ballet and brutal brawls, and she’s riveting, but also quite funny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

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

He sprawled and brawled, left monster tips, flew in his own plane and abluted in a gilded bathtub.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

Eventually, the anti-Soviet mujahedeen brawled for power, with the Taliban coming out on top in 1996.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

We had brawled plenty by then, to the point where I viewed her a little bit like an enemy.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Curran’s brawling with headquarters for more protection at that time was noted and appreciated by Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

A Costco clerk in Northridge saw people brawling over toilet paper and water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

Despite rancorous relations between Taiwan’s ruling DPP and the opposition – they were brawling in parliament last week – the Chinese drills have brought all the parties together.

From BBC ● May 23, 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

The poet Carl Sandburg had sung its praises just two years before: “Hog Butcher for the World, / Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat..../ Stormy, husky, brawling, / City of the Big Shoulders.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield