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Recent Examples of catfight
Jack Hill uses this location to stage one of the great catfights in exploitation film history.
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Odie Henderson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
Political consultant/producer Andy Cohen has glamorized the catfight — a step down from Clare Boothe Luce’s The Women.
—Armond White, National Review, 22 May 2024
While there are catfights aplenty, most come off as perfunctory and declawed.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
All the subsequent [catfights] that have been forced upon people were not motivated.
—EW.com, 28 Feb. 2024
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Odie Henderson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
Political consultant/producer Andy Cohen has glamorized the catfight — a step down from Clare Boothe Luce’s The Women.
—Armond White, National Review, 22 May 2024
While there are catfights aplenty, most come off as perfunctory and declawed.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
All the subsequent [catfights] that have been forced upon people were not motivated.
—EW.com, 28 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catfight
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The tussle resulted in three unsportsmanlike conduct penalties on UCLA, giving USC tremendous field position to open the third quarter.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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As the tussle escalated, Chambers allegedly pulled a knife and struck the older man on the side of the face, slicing his earlobe, cops said.Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024
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While many of the family squabbles do eventually combust, Headland seems to acquiesce here and treads a little too delicately.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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Both Sinema and Manchin won their 2018 elections as Democrats but became independents in recent years amid intraparty squabbles.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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This week, though, the role technology plays in the dustup hit new highs (or lows?) via a pair of court filings from Drake, both of them pointing to the importance of streaming music platforms in popular music.Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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Through six training camp practices, Pittman’s been involved in one fight and another dustup.James Boyd, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
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The skirmish ended with engineers blowing up a bridge the two Russian assault groups had used to approach Pokrovsk.David Axe, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Peterson referenced the skirmishes and fights at several NCAA football games on Saturday.Ben Morse, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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Jamie Foxx is thanking fans for their support after an altercation at his birthday dinner this weekend required him to get stitches.Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Things got worse for Curtis, who was arrested and charged with assault because of his altercation with assistant DA Daniels.Barry Levitt, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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That’s the main quarrel of opponents of such conservation projects.Christine Ro, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Experts at the conference floated the possibility that the aquatic quarrel could make its way to the Supreme Court, though that’s viewed as a crisis that should be averted.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Cricket Celebration Bowl is here, bringing a heavyweight clash between two red-hot teams.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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At times, Zayn vs. McIntyre looked like it would be set for a major pay-per-view, perhaps at an event like SummerSlam, and though that never materialized, Saturday Night’s Main Event was the perfect stage for their clash.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Controversial fighter jet sparks online tiff between Elon Musk, Arizona congressman Bargaining chip or devastating blow?Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024
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From Martha Stewart and Ina Garten to Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods, see the celebrity friends who had feuds that lasted decades Comments Everything can become more intense with fame — and that can include tiffs that can blow up into full-fledged feuds.Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Catfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catfight. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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