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Recent Examples of fistfight
Grossman and Lomax get into a fistfight over the sound.
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Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Barker played against type to star as a golf partner with Gilmore, a star-crossed pairing that devolves into an on-course fistfight in the comedy.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
The expectation was for an orgy of merchandise and fistfights over whatever happened to be left on the shelves.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
Big fistfight—red faces and people trying to pull their shirts off.
—Frank Digiacomo, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Barker played against type to star as a golf partner with Gilmore, a star-crossed pairing that devolves into an on-course fistfight in the comedy.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
The expectation was for an orgy of merchandise and fistfights over whatever happened to be left on the shelves.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
Big fistfight—red faces and people trying to pull their shirts off.
—Frank Digiacomo, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fistfight
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In the hands of the endlessly inventive comedian, the tale of a boy who pulls himself up by his bootstraps and seeks out fame and fortune becomes a madcap delight complete with a zingy script, cartoonish punch-ups, collapsing sets, and a heady dose of magical realism.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
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Often, when shows do crossovers, the writers on one will do punch-up for their characters on the other.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2025
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Sunday’s slugfest in front of a sellout crowd of 19,812 was far from pretty.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2025
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This is a proper superhero slugfest, and its climactic fight — Cap and Bucky vs. Iron Man — leaves emotional wounds for years to come.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Her fights are not just physical confrontations but manifestations of the battles within her.—
Kevin Cassidy,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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The gunman later died after a confrontation and shootout with police.—
David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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Most of the group was subsequently deported, but the livestreamed melee generated views.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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That record was set during another matchup between Canada and the U.S. — Matthew and Brady’s father, Keith Tkachuk, and Bill Guerin, now Team USA’s general manager, were among those involved in the melee for Team USA.—
Lauren Merola,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Michelle Cooper, 22, winger (Kansas City Current) Another USWNT rookie, Cooper showed her ability to defend along the front line last season, ranking ninth among wingers and attacking midfielders by winning 50.3% of her duels.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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California’s Capitol has seen countless conflicts between economic interests, but few match the intensity of a duel between the fast food industry and labor unions that seemingly ended two years ago with compromise legislation raising the minimum wage to $20.—
Dan Walters,
Orange County Register,
19 Feb. 2025
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As Carbon Nation bounced from Hawaii to California and then to Las Vegas in 2020, the ideological messages once so prominent in their videos were increasingly buried beneath a surreal, debauched montage: members slapping each other, a brawl on the beach between Bishop’s wives.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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Connor McDavid scored at 8:18 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States on Thursday night as the North American rivals turned what had been a tuneup for the 2026 Olympics into a geopolitical brawl over anthems and annexation as much as international hockey supremacy.—
Jimmy Golen,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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The hard-throwing lefty dominated across 72 appearances (72.0 innings), notching a 1.75 ERA and 1.13 WHIP with 84 punch-outs.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Nov. 2024
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Asus chose to have a punch-out camera and obscure part of the screen rather than mount it in a larger bezel, which shows how form has come ahead of function.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
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“Fistfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fistfight. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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