skirmish

It was obvious to all right-thinking people that “we” had won the culture war, despite the occasional flare-up of distressing rear-guard skirmishes.

There is excitement in her eyes, her blonde braids swing back and forth as she recollects villa drama, late-night group chats and fierce online skirmishes, like a war veteran sharing combat stories.

Newsom has since submitted a Freedom of Information Act request seeking records from the administration about why agents arrived at the museum as he was announcing his latest skirmish with the president.

The skirmish led to one Filipino soldier losing his thumb, Manila said.

The defendant did not mention this skirmish to Ms Staniforth when, 15 minutes later, he went to her office to ask to be excused from his science lesson in order to avoid two other students.