cut and thrust
Example Sentences
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"We do know from the Covid era that remote meetings do lack the proper cut and thrust required in this political arena", he said.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024
Germany's president is meant to be a unifying figure who stands above the cut and thrust of daily politics, one who enjoys the moral authority to exhort people to better behaviour.
From Reuters • Apr. 4, 2022
The cut and thrust of parliamentary debate is notorious for bringing out the boor even in normally mild-mannered members of Parliament.
From Washington Post • May 30, 2019
The highlights of this season’s paperback releases include the evolution of music, algorithmic culture and the cut and thrust of medicine.
From Nature • Oct. 18, 2018
Each drew, cut and thrust, scored a miss, And then they set-to in a jiffy.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890 by Various
