skirmish
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The skirmish was the latest in a string that has tested the two-month-old ceasefire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
“Hilarious,” Smart said with a smirk of the postgame skirmish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
You may wonder why this teeny social media skirmish is worth examining.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026
The Jan. 29 meeting was a byproduct of a legal skirmish between the Fed and the Justice Department.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
Shattered windows convinced me that there had indeed been a skirmish of some sort.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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 skirmishes represented a higher level of military activity between the two foes since the ceasefire went into effect last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The book ends with a few skirmishes during the Reagan administration, including when U.S.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
These sorts of legal skirmishes happen all the time in this country.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
I do not give them the satisfaction of my withdrawing, but since the incident with the faerie fruit, there are no more skirmishes.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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
Both empires had ambitions to expand their influence, and they regularly skirmished with one another and attempted to meddle in each other’s politics, including by supporting rival claimants to the throne.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Instead, the two sides skirmished along the border, as Syngman Rhee and Kim Il-Sung traded insults and accusations of aggression.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
The legal skirmishing has reached the state supreme court—twice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 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
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
The skirmishing for influence has reached almost comical proportions.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
However, this was only a light skirmishing manoeuvre, intended to create a little disorder, and the men easily drove the geese off with their sticks.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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