tussle
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No. 2 Michigan tussle in the Fort Worth Regional final.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
The hearing started out with a verbal tussle between the committee chair, Republican Rand Paul, of Kentucky, and Mullin.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
The tussle could hobble Anthropic’s business with the government.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
I was bored to tears watching Mayweather-Pacquiao a decade ago, but I won’t be able to resist when they tussle blandly in September.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
A young man and woman by a fountain, who clearly have a great deal of unresolved feeling between them, tussle over a Ming vase and break it.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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