tussle

Example Sentences

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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

There was plenty of their traditional hard edge in a tussle of a game, but also moments of 24-carat sparkle.

From BBC

The hearing started out with a verbal tussle between the committee chair, Republican Rand Paul, of Kentucky, and Mullin.

From BBC

Firstly, there is a tussle over the facts - in other words, precisely what was discussed in the calls between the two men in the last few weeks: what was requested and what was offered.

From BBC

He lost his seat in the Commons after an extraordinary legal tussle – a very rarely convened election court ruled he had lied about his Liberal Democrat opponent.

From BBC