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fistfight

[fist-fahyt] / ˈfɪstˌfaɪt /


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Amy Nicholson says “One Battle” “isn’t his best film — deciding that would start a real fistfight — but it’s worthy enough to claim a prize that’s long overdue.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

Matt Gaetz would lose a fistfight to Rand Paul’s hair perm.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2024

Consistently, to the point of comedy, Kiryu and his opponent dramatically throw off their shirts to reveal full back tattoos before a cinematic fistfight.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

“So we went into the locker room knowing it was going to be a fistfight, it was going to be a brawl, which I think bodes well for us.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2023

Poppy had done his homework on the wall outside the door when he was a boy and once saw two priests have a fistfight, rolling in the dust.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye