skirmish

Example Sentences

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The Jan. 29 meeting was a byproduct of a legal skirmish between the Fed and the Justice Department.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

To an outsider, the situation in Oxford might seem like a classic local skirmish between angry residents and their council.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

This being “Primal,” they’re set upon by a group of diminutive flesh-eaters with jagged teeth, igniting a life-or-death skirmish that, miraculously, steals the viewer’s breath.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

During yet another skirmish outside, a woman came in sobbing.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

I reveled in long ships with oars; I loved polished lances, arrows in the skirmish, the shapes of doom that others shake to see.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer