clash
Usage
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The noun clash implies a direct and sharp collision between opposing parties, efforts, interests, etc.: a clash of opinions. Struggle implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle. A brush is a brief encounter or skirmish: a brush with the law.
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Behind the clash is a 2022 decision by India’s central bank to order the company to seek a stock market listing for Tata Sons, in compliance with new rules governing systemically important investment firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
In the second week of the college football season, in a clash of titans, the University of Texas scored 21 unanswered points to surge past Ohio State in the fourth quarter and win, 24-23.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
It became the largest naval clash in history.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
India and China engaged in a deadly clash along their disputed border in 2020.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Bran could hear the distant clash of arms through the windows.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
She says if you are looking to replicate this trend, mix pastel colours, dreamy florals, and tactile materials to form "unexpected clashes" that "look really messy".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Xi Jinping’s visit to the Brics summit in New Delhi is progress, but relations ruptured by 2020 border clashes remain fragile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
It is the most attention a California gubernatorial contest has drawn since 2010, when “Today” show host Matt Lauer and NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd moderated nationally televised clashes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Armenia, a mostly Christian nation, and majority-Muslim Azerbaijan have had intermittent clashes for more than 35 years, since before the collapse of the Soviet Union, of which both were member republics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
In the beginning Mr. Dussel took our soon-forgotten clashes very seriously, but now he’s grown used to them and no longer tries to mediate.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Lawyers clashed over evidence filed by the prosecution, which they said was around 15,000 pieces but the defence put at more than 62,000 documents.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
At times, Aiello clashed with other partners who weren’t a fan of his management style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
She also clashed with John DiIulio, an academic who briefly headed the White House’s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
For decades, loggers and environmentalists have clashed over the fate of its stately redwoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
At sea, British and German warships clashed off the coast of South America.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Anthropic’s founders had left OpenAI in 2020 to found the AI startup in 2021 after clashing with executives at the ChatGPT maker over safety issues.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
However, in contemporary Austria, demands for remembrance are increasingly clashing with "the opposite tendency, namely to say: 'Now this really has to stop'," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Behind the scenes, the crosstown rivals are clashing as each company jockeys for tailored tariffs and policies while claiming to be the most American automaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
No dragons, of course, but plenty of political conniving, clashing swords and last-minute escapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
His published discourses on the physics of music and on the proper use of dissonance - deliberately clashing discords of various kinds - influenced many, if not all, Italian composers of the seventeenth century.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
