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Congressional Republicans, who just days ago were displaying bitter discord and nearly coming to fisticuffs on the House floor, are now launching new investigations and inquiries.
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Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2023
While their earlier cousins might resort to such fisticuffs, the anal-scrapers conduct their rivalries with all the restraint of Victorian gentlemen.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2010
Airline passengers, international tourists and even airplane pilots got more than a bit lively this year too, with fisticuffs, high jinks and underclad exhibitionism breaking out all over the place.
—CNN, 31 Dec. 2022
Violence broke out at more than 100 events and often involved fisticuffs with opposing groups, including left-wing activists such as antifa.
—Mike McIntire, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
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Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2023
While their earlier cousins might resort to such fisticuffs, the anal-scrapers conduct their rivalries with all the restraint of Victorian gentlemen.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2010
Airline passengers, international tourists and even airplane pilots got more than a bit lively this year too, with fisticuffs, high jinks and underclad exhibitionism breaking out all over the place.
—CNN, 31 Dec. 2022
Violence broke out at more than 100 events and often involved fisticuffs with opposing groups, including left-wing activists such as antifa.
—Mike McIntire, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
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“Fisticuffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fisticuffs. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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fisticuffs
plural noun
fist·i·cuffs
ˈfis-ti-ˌkəfs 
: a fight with fists
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