skirmish

Example Sentences

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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

Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault said the post-game skirmish was the result of lax officiating.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

But he’s not much help to her, and as the title implies, this is merely one skirmish in humanity’s sprawling struggle for freedom that has, and will, drag on forever.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

He told me later he had received the wound during a border skirmish with the outlaw dragons who lived in the hills of the seashore.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep