clashing

Example Sentences

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After clashing with protesters Saturday, police and military forces managed to temporarily open some roads into La Paz as the city suffered severe shortages of food, medicine and fuel.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Her comedy is dialectical, it rides on characters talking at cross purposes, inhabiting separate clashing realities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Dr. Pazdur backed accelerating approvals for cancer drugs, but he left the agency weeks later after clashing with Dr. Prasad.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

The BBC is moving the date of a music festival set to take place in Stirling in order to avoid clashing with local events.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The very mention of your name makes a picture spring to mind, whether it’s a picture of clashing fists or a mighty mountain that can’t be knocked down.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia