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He had a dustup with a guy in the bar.
he came home with a black eye from the dustup at the bar
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The dustup was also later revisited on the network’s Laura Coates Live.
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Tom Tapp, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
Hegseth’s directive arrived before Friday’s dustup between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.
—David Klepper, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
The request caused a dustup over energy fairness, and in November regulators rejected it, leaving Amazon looking for other options.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2024
Since Inauguration Day, as President Trump has sought to break the federal government, Christian leaders—tangling with Trump and, particularly, with his Vice-President, J. D. Vance—have wound up in a public dustup over the nature of charity.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
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Tom Tapp, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
Hegseth’s directive arrived before Friday’s dustup between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.
—David Klepper, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
The request caused a dustup over energy fairness, and in November regulators rejected it, leaving Amazon looking for other options.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2024
Since Inauguration Day, as President Trump has sought to break the federal government, Christian leaders—tangling with Trump and, particularly, with his Vice-President, J. D. Vance—have wound up in a public dustup over the nature of charity.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Dustup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dustup. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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