fracas

It was the latest flashpoint in a power struggle gripping this dusty, furnace-hot Central Valley town—a fracas that has drawn in California’s attorney general.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

One Nation's co-founder David Oldfield was also expelled following a public fracas with Hanson.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

When the fracas became public, Gabbard decided to litigate it on X and go personal on the whistleblower, inadvertently telegraphing her weak position.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

While the fracas played out largely on social media, making it seem thoroughly contemporary, it actually links Bryan with a trend dating back centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Then a burly man came through the door, still scowling from the fracas.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Basch argued that the argument over fluoridation today often fixates on communal water sources, and has similarities with other public health fracases.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2022

During his three seasons with Jacksonville, Ramsey was involved in fracases with Cincinnati’s A.J.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2020

However it is worth noting that America’s police officers seem to find themselves embroiled in fabricated fast-food fracases with alarming regularity.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2020

Villasenor offered a hypothetical that may sound familiar to those who recall recent fracases at California State University at Los Angeles, Middlebury College , Claremont McKenna College and other institutions:

From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2017

But largely, if you were ambitious, you signed up for the fracases and that meant into a uniform and out of it again in as short a period as a couple of weeks.

From Mercenary by Lloyd Birmingham