Thesaurus / tussle
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The power tussle ramped up as cases began sharply climbing in Kentucky in August with the rise of the delta variant.
KENTUCKY SCHOOLS OVERWHELMINGLY KEEP MASK MANDATES AFTER REPUBLICANS SCRAPPED STATE REQUIREMENTFENIT NIRAPPILSEPTEMBER 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIf you’re a multiple-cat household, consider toys that are best for two or more cats in order to avoid any tussles.
BEST CAT TOYS: YOUR FAVORITE FELINE WILL GIVE TWO PAWS UP TO THESE CAT ACCESSORIESIRENA COLLAKUJULY 21, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCENow there’s a device that does away with the toked-up tussle.
SOME FEEL-GOOD NEWS ABOUT MARIJUANA’S GOLDEN AGEJOSHUA EFERIGHEAPRIL 20, 2021OZYStreams which a boy could wade last March would now give an elephant a tussle.
GOLD-SEEKING ON THE DALTON TRAILARTHUR R. THOMPSONThere was a terrible tussle, but the white man finally killed his huge enemy.
THE STORY OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIESH. A. (HLNE ADELINE) GUERBER"I'm quite sure that I don't want another sich a tussle," meditated the Deacon.
SI KLEGG, BOOK 2 (OF 6)JOHN MCELROYAfter the friendly tussle, the mother and daughter continued on their journey to the forks of the Shaeyela.
RED HUNTERS AND THE ANIMAL PEOPLECHARLES A. EASTMANHowever the reis pluckily led the way, and seized him by the hind leg, when the crowd of men rushed in, and we had a grand tussle.
THE DESERT WORLDARTHUR MANGINThere arose a mighty tussle, each in turn having the advantage, although Grettir always had one of them down.
GRETTIR THE STRONGUNKNOWNOr was it the other bobcat that came around to smell the pelt of his mate, and gave you something of a tussle?
THE BANNER BOY SCOUTS SNOWBOUNDGEORGE A. WARRENWORDS RELATED TO TUSSLE
- altercate
- assault
- attack
- bandy with
- battle
- bear arms
- bicker
- box
- brawl
- brush with
- buck
- carry on war
- challenge
- clash
- contend
- cross swords
- dispute
- do battle
- duel
- exchange blows
- feud
- flare-up
- go to war
- grapple
- joust
- meet
- mix it up
- oppugn
- ply weapons
- protect
- quarrel
- repel
- resist
- rowdy
- scrap
- scuffle
- skirmish
- spar
- strive
- struggle
- take all comers
- take the field
- take up the gauntlet
- tiff
- tilt
- traverse
- tug
- tussle
- wage war
- war
- withstand
- wrangle
- wrestle
- argued
- bickered
- bucked
- buckled down
- carried on
- combated
- conducted
- contested
- continued
- defied
- disputed
- effected
- endured
- engaged in
- exerted oneself
- fell out
- forced
- furthered
- hammered away
- hassled
- lay into
- light into
- made a stand against
- maintained
- opposed
- persevered
- persisted
- prosecuted
- pushed forward
- put up an argument
- repelled
- resisted
- rowed
- spared no effort
- squabbled
- stood up to
- strove
- struggled
- supported
- tangled with
- toiled on
- took on
- took pains
- travailed
- traversed
- upheld
- waged
- withstood
- wrangled
- attacking
- battling
- catching
- clashing
- clasping
- closing
- clutching
- combating
- confronting
- contending
- coping
- dealing with
- doing battle
- encountering
- engaging
- facing
- fastening
- fighting
- grasping
- gripping
- holding
- hooking
- hugging
- nabbing
- nailing
- scuffling
- seizing
- snatching
- struggling
- tackling
- taking
- taking on
- tussling
- accost
- brush against
- bump into
- chance on
- collide
- come across
- come up against
- confront
- contact
- cross
- dig up
- encounter
- engage
- experience
- face
- fall in with
- find
- get-together
- grapple
- greet
- hit
- light
- luck
- make a meet
- meet face to face
- rendezvous with
- rub eyeballs
- run across
- run into
- run up against
- salute
- see
- stumble
- touch shoulders
- tumble
- tussle
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