skirmish

But if the first go-rounds last year were tragedy—depressing stocks, spiking prices, and rending hearts in both countries—the latest skirmish is starting to look more like farce.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

Gage looks less mobile as he woodenly directs our attention to the skirmish in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

“Hilarious,” Smart said with a smirk of the postgame skirmish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

According to him the war in Lebanon is "a separate skirmish".

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

From the tavern-keeper he learned for the first time what had happened after the skirmish at Lexington.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

“Continued skirmishes into year-end are now our most likely scenario,” Francisco Blanch of BofA Global Research says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Thanks to skirmishes with Bordeaux-Begles in the Champions Cup, Pollock has pantomime villain status in the country.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Unitree humanoids are among the world's most recognisable, having wowed audiences with fluid martial arts dances and robot-on-robot kickboxing skirmishes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Air Force was created as an independent branch of the armed forces in 1947, inspired and instantly strengthened by the belief that air power can win modern wars without the messy skirmishes of ground troops.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

I do not give them the satisfaction of my withdrawing, but since the incident with the faerie fruit, there are no more skirmishes.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

He skirmished with health department officials and at times the White House, where some came to regard him as a rogue agent, the Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Riordan understood what our erstwhile owners did not: We had all skirmished in the arena, but there was no reason we couldn’t celebrate the important role of an independent media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2023

Both empires had ambitions to expand their influence, and they regularly skirmished with one another and attempted to meddle in each other’s politics, including by supporting rival claimants to the throne.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

His troop skirmished against the Apache leader Geronimo in the waning Indian Wars.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2020

Instead, the two sides skirmished along the border, as Syngman Rhee and Kim Il-Sung traded insults and accusations of aggression.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Oil prices are higher too overnight after more skirmishing in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

The Iran-backed organization has been skirmishing with Israeli forces.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

Black does well in the early skirmishing in this Four Knights Game, but fails to respond adequately when Kupchik opens up the play in the center.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

The skirmishing was not just on the battlefield.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

Now Jerry waited for Carter to emerge from the jungle of skirmishing bodies as Guilmet plunged off tackle.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier