crossed swords
Example Sentences
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This is not the first time Singaporeans have crossed swords over how common spaces should be used in the land-scarce country, where more than 8,300 people jostle for each kilometre.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
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
Among the clues one player texts the other are emojis of a skull, a goblet, crossed swords and nine tombstones.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022
Percy hadn’t crossed swords with an opponent like this since...well, since he’d battled the war god Ares.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
