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Recent Examples of catfight
Shelly is more socially astute than Donald, and gets into a gnarly catfight with her hubby’s much younger, social-media-climbing personal assistant/girlfriend V. Stiviano (Cleopatra Coleman), who loves flouting how smitten Sterling is with her.
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
Jack Hill uses this location to stage one of the great catfights in exploitation film history.
—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
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
Jack Hill uses this location to stage one of the great catfights in exploitation film history.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catfight
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In a surprise move, China — long criticized for its human rights record — signed the declaration, further widening the distance between America and the rest in the tussle for AI supremacy.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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In a surprise move, China — long criticized for its human rights record — signed the declaration, further widening the distance between America and the rest of the nations in the tussle for AI supremacy.—
Thomas Adamson and Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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Lee Ha-nee (The Fiery Priest, Phantom) plays Chungmuro A-lister Jeong Hee-ran, who loses the lead role in the film after a squabble with the creator, and is eventually replaced by aspiring Shin Ju-ae, played by up-and-coming actor Bang Hyo-rin.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
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Yet, as is common during internal Democratic squabbles, fault lines in the race have formed not over ideological differences but over arguments about party mechanics.—
Reid J. Epstein,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2025
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The ensuing dustup in the goal crease left the Ducks with a brief two-man advantage.—
Andrew Knoll,
Orange County Register,
4 Feb. 2025
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In a hypothetical military dustup between the two members of NATO, Denmark could invoke the alliance’s sacred mutual-defense clause against the U.S. Article 5 states that an attack on one is an attack on all.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Jan. 2025
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He’s been seen in multiple skirmishes with Tampa Bay Buccaneers star Mike Evans as the two players competed during NFC South rivalry games when the cornerback was on the Saints.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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North Carolina politics: A skirmish has erupted over a state Supreme Court race in the Tar Heel State more than two months after Democrats narrowly clinched the seat.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
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He was also arrested in 2012 following an altercation at a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and obstructing justice, Reuters reported.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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According to prosecutors, Adams was shot during the altercation and later pushed out of the moving vehicle, suffering fatal injuries on the street in front of witnesses.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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But over the coming years, such quarrels may serve as a barometer for which voices in his ear will have the most influence, and the extent to which Trump remains sensitive to public pushback.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
20 Jan. 2025
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The House has been thrust into a political quarrel after voters elected 67 Democrats and 67 Republicans in November.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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That grievance total was the second-highest tally since 2016, according to a USA TODAY Network analysis, suggesting current economic conditions and corporate policies are fueling more clashes over insurance coverage.—
David Robinson,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Members of the Congolese Red Cross and civil protection workers bury dozens of victims of the recent clashes at a cemetery in Goma on Tuesday.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Since his inauguration nine days ago, President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders, gotten into tiffs with Colombia and other countries and implemented a shock-and-awe approach to immigration enforcement.—
The Editorial Board,
Orange County Register,
29 Jan. 2025
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But several of those involved in the incident said later in a University of Georgia alumni newsletter that they were motivated more by a tiff between Pattison and the university community, reflected in the campus newspaper, The Red & Black.—
Mary Logan Bikoff,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Catfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catfight. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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