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altercation

[awl-ter-key-shuhn] / ˌɔl tərˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Brown was involved in a January 2013 altercation with singer Frank Ocean.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

At his Sept. 3 arraignment, Lawantara’s attorney Debra White said that, after a verbal altercation escalated, Voskanyan reached for her client’s neck, according to reporting from the California Post.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

A KFC spokesperson confirmed a "serious incident" had taken place at its Bromley High Street restaurant and that the altercation had begun there.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

The Israeli military, contacted by AFP for comment on Mohammed's death, said at the time that soldiers opened fire during an altercation while deployed in Al-Rihaya.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

After Cora agreed to go with them—never had an inevitability been so politely proposed—the three men made haste to hide the signs of the altercation.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Some arguments and other altercations broke out in the stands as well as outside the stadium, according to footage posted on social media.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

And the week leading up to El Clasico for Real was dominated less by football and more by dressing-room unrest, player altercations and internal disciplinary action.

From BBC May 11, 2026

As a result, the public has been kept from one of the chief ways it has to hold officers involved in such altercations accountable: their identity.

From Salon Feb. 2, 2026

The Diddy trial has been full of nonstop drama: from constant bickering between the legal teams to outbursts and altercations inside and outside the courthouse, all peppering a constant stream of utterly shocking testimonies.

From Slate Jun. 10, 2025

Just a long, poor-lighted platform with loud furious altercations in Arabic going on somewhere.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie




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