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tussle

[tuhs-uhl] / ˈtʌs əl /




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Nvidia – which last October became the first publicly-traded firm to be valued at $5tn – has long been at the centre of a tussle between the US and China over trade and national security.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

The cash payment looks set to cap an extraordinary Wall Street tussle that saw a company single out one of its own shareholders over its trading activity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

The other piece of this is that for a while, there was this tussle between lower courts and the Supreme Court.

From Slate Jun. 1, 2026

That became the center of a legal tussle after the city sued for its restoration and some panels have been restored, pending a court decision.

From Barron's May 17, 2026

Jones, who was only thirteen and weighed little more than eighty pounds, quickly found himself on the losing end of the tussle.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Before Robby and Al-Hashimi engage in any real ideological tussles, though, she commits the cardinal sin of suggesting they change the trauma center’s nickname to something else.

From Salon Jan. 8, 2026

High on the to-do list will be ensuring the economy is ready for another round of tussles with the U.S., as signaled by the emphasis Chinese leaders have placed on reducing reliance on foreign technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

But behind the scenes, we can reveal there have been lengthy, pained discussions and extended tussles between the BBC and the show's production company Banijay over what to do, specifically about Torode.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2025

Long, gliding tracking shots with sophisticated camera and character blocking give way to hectic handheld movements as Terry scraps and tussles with his foes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2024

Campion and Chervil were kept busy taking out endurance patrols, and tussles and training fights were organized at morning silflay.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

For months, Vahidi, an enigmatic commander whose predecessor was killed on the first day of the war, has tussled with more public-facing, political figures in the Iranian leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

In 2025, the US president went as far as visiting the Fed's under-renovation headquarters, where he verbally tussled with Powell as the two toured the site.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

Between 1924 and 1927 Sir Malcolm and his friend and rival, Wrexham engineer John Godfrey Parry Thomas tussled for top spot.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2025

The car maker has previously tussled with California workplace safety regulators over conditions at the Fremont plant.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2025

I tussled, “Let go of me! I don’t want to go to school! Let me go!” but my mother held fast onto me.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

His attentiveness will be closely watched in the Maduro case, as tussling between the defense and prosecution has already threatened to draw out proceedings.

From Barron's Mar. 24, 2026

Chip makers and cloud-computing purveyors have described the demand for their offerings as effectively limitless, with heads of the AI model companies bemoaning capacity constraints and tussling over chip allotments.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Videos on social media showed tussling between protesters, some wearing what appeared to be traditional indigenous dress, and security guards.

From BBC Nov. 11, 2025

But he proves a skilled physical comic, tussling with his boots or recoiling from a kick in the shins from Lucky.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 29, 2025

Takumi couldn’t believe it either, and he walked over to me, tussling my hair with his hand, and started rapping to Alaska.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green




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