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dogfight

[dawg-fahyt, dog-] / ˈdɔgˌfaɪt, ˈdɒg- /




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Mexico and Brazil are in a caramelo dogfight.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 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

HB: An absolute dogfight for the world title.

From BBC Dec. 9, 2024

I recently witnessed a fierce dogfight between German and English pilots.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Known for: Highly maneuverable, supersonic light fighter, excellent dogfighting capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

The Pentagon calls it “synchronized proximity maneuvers,” which is what happens when military bureaucrats try to describe dogfighting in space without using the word “dogfighting.”

From MarketWatch Oct. 30, 2025

They saw the dogfighting heroes of World War II — Mustangs — overtaken by a flight of jet-powered F-80 Shooting Stars.

From Washington Post Sep. 18, 2021

A young James Whale directed the talkie sequences while Hughes helmed and designed the dogfighting sequences.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2020

How could pilots navigate these powerful planes—traveling at hundreds of miles an hour—while looking at the cockpit gauges, listening to the radio, evading antiaircraft fire, and dogfighting?

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

At every stage, you are jostled along by reports of your ongoing accomplishments—thirty thousand steps taken, fifty alien words collected, ten pirate ships dogfought.

From The New Yorker Aug. 10, 2016




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