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dustup

[duhst-uhp] / ˈdʌstˌʌp /




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To understand why, see this week’s dustup over CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert’s interview with Talarico.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Fosado told the Journal Sentinel that the dustup didn’t alter his opinion of Brewers fans.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2025

The legal dustup comes after a string of controversial wins for the president.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

What better legacy of our first dustup with Saddam Hussein, our first President Bush, than this hulking machine.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

Lawrence arrived in Belgium only a few weeks after he engaged in a minor dustup with Rutherford, at long range, over the prospects for useful energy from the atomic nucleus.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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