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

Iran continued negotiations with the U.S. for financial relief despite an overnight military skirmish and internal hard-line opposition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

The legal skirmish cast a cloud over Shell’s tenure helping lead the company because the Ellisons wanted to stay focused on running Paramount and their Warner Bros. takeover.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

You may wonder why this teeny social media skirmish is worth examining.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026

I didn’t tell her about my parking-lot skirmish with Drew either.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

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

The book ends with a few skirmishes during the Reagan administration, including when U.S.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

A veteran of old skirmishes, bearded, scarred across his cheek and the bone stoven and the one eye wandering.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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

Hezbollah and Israel have skirmished along the tense Lebanon-Israel border.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

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

Even as Europe’s leaders skirmished over Ukrainian grain, Ukraine itself was given encouragement on Thursday that it would eventually be accepted into the European military fold.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

France, England, and other countries skirmished throughout the first half of the eighteenth century, and roughly a quarter century after Newton died, a full-scale war erupted.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

By this March, however, the Lebanese army had pulled out, and Hezbollah had returned, skirmishing with Israeli forces when they entered southern Lebanon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Amid the legal skirmishing, news of the indictment was a relief to the victim jewelers, at least eight of whom are based in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

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

Then Mittelstaedt makes them practise skirmishing, and as a favour appoints Kantorek squad leader.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque