skirmish
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He became the highest-earning pro in the scene last year when he and his duos partner Dennis “Cloakzy” Lepore won $400,000 in the Fall Skirmish series.
From The Verge • Jul. 30, 2019
All the way to the Great Airline Gay Sponsorship Skirmish of 2016, which has left some local gay workers feeling left out of a parade they once saw as their own.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2016
Parks has been a re-enactor and shoots with the North-South Skirmish Association, while filling his home with books on the Civil War.
From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2014
Skirmish after skirmish is reported; background notes on the combatants are supplied, some untested for relevance; fact after fact is logged, and anything that looks too much like an idea is briskly avoided.
From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2013
Skirmish firing broke out in the fields below Seminary Ridge; musketry popped in patches of white smoke as the lines felt and probed.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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