street fighting
Example Sentences
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It was, in the minds of many, the closest thing to bare-knuckle street fighting.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025
Although they had already sought to mythologize in the past the supposedly noble sacrifice of Nazi activists killed in street fighting, Wessel was the first to be elevated to supreme martyr status.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2025
Some districts were smashed in street fighting during the Korean War in 1950, but many were untouched.
From Washington Times • Jun. 25, 2023
In a rare update from Sievierodonetsk, the commander of Ukraine's Svoboda National Guard Battalion, Petro Kusyk, said Ukrainians were drawing the Russians into street fighting to neutralise their artillery advantage.
From Reuters • Jun. 10, 2022
It’s dirty, as in street fighting, as in jokes.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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