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set-to

[set-too] / ˈsɛtˌtu /


























NOUN
brouhaha
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Black leaders and groups sponsored the first Black float, “Freedom Bursts Forth,” for the 1964 parade, after a very public set-to over the parade’s absence of people of color.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2022

The three-issue set-to opened in Marvel Mystery Comics No. 8 and is an early example of the Marvel motto “to reflect the world outside your window.”

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022

Anyway, this promises to be quite the enjoyable set-to.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2017

What was most striking about this set-to was how much Warren seemed to be enjoying it.

From The New Yorker • May 17, 2016

"I should like to have seen him having a set-to with von Stein."

From The Old Blood by Palmer, Frederick




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