crossed swords
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He has crossed swords over Lululemon’s ill-fated acquisition of at-home fitness startup Mirror, which it purchased for $500 million in 2020, and stopped selling three years later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Instead of crossed swords, a butcher’s knife, a cleaver and a honing steel cross behind a crest with paintings of a wheel of cheese, a lobster, a bottle of wine, a head of cattle.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
"Every time I hear you I feel a little bit dumber," Haley said after they crossed swords about the app during a previous encounter in September.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2023
No wonder Juicy J sampled him as he crossed swords with Columbia.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2020
Hanging on the wall is a huge blue banner with the crossed swords, gold lettering, and the script Non Nobis Solum.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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