dogfight

Example Sentences

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Williams didn’t speak about the details of the encounter — even with family members — until records about the dogfight were declassified in 2002.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Last weekend Osasuna winger Munoz impressed as his team won away for the first time all season, for back-to-back wins to take them away from the relegation dogfight.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Medals of honor tend to require eyewitnesses, though Mr. Issa notes that Soviet records testify to the dogfight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

In stark contrast to the narrow loss to New Zealand last week, Scotland enjoyed a strong first half and went 21-0 up early in the second, before being dragged into a dogfight by Los Pumas.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

Evans could swing his little sixteen-inch telescope around like a tail gunner in a dogfight, spending no more than a couple of seconds on any particular point in the sky.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson