rough-and-tumble

Example Sentences

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If EVs are coming for the world, this is the rough-and-tumble frontier.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

A stage adaptation can’t duplicate the way Lumet visually distilled the rough-and-tumble New York zeitgeist of the tumultuous early 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The daughter of a Marine father and a trauma nurse mother, Murphy grew up outside of Chicago as a rough-and-tumble kid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Bottle kicking is not the only peculiar rough-and-tumble English tradition that comes with a risk of injury.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

In the rough-and-tumble world of the track, Pollard was something of a sheriff.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand