tussle

Example Sentences

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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

They went with serve and the seventh game was another tussle, Sabalenka holding for 4-3 after the best rally of a cagey affair.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

This would be the point where she’d leap on Vonetta, they’d tussle, and then I’d have to pry them apart.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia