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Recent Examples of fistfight
At our last social gathering by the swimming pool, there was a loud argument and almost a fistfight about this flag.
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Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
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March 15, 2021: Merrillville, IN
A fistfight outside Merrillville High School escalated into a shooting.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2024
The pugnacious owner even claimed to have gotten into a fistfight with Dodgers fans in an elevator in the Hyatt Wilshire Hotel in 1981 after the Dodgers won three straight in L.A. to take the lead in the World Series 3-2.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Dodger Stadium and its grounds also have a long history of physical altercations, including fistfights between drunken fans, fan-on-fan attacks that left people with severe injuries, and beatings by security personnel.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
Previous coverage:List of school shootings in Indiana since 1880
March 15, 2021: Merrillville, IN
A fistfight outside Merrillville High School escalated into a shooting.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2024
The pugnacious owner even claimed to have gotten into a fistfight with Dodgers fans in an elevator in the Hyatt Wilshire Hotel in 1981 after the Dodgers won three straight in L.A. to take the lead in the World Series 3-2.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Dodger Stadium and its grounds also have a long history of physical altercations, including fistfights between drunken fans, fan-on-fan attacks that left people with severe injuries, and beatings by security personnel.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fistfight
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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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Toward the end there’s a punch-up, with several players involved.David Szalay, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
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Well, that many people reportedly tried to watch it, but due to the crush of interest and tune-ins, many reported experiencing buffering problems and glitches that interrupted what turned out to be a surprisingly banal slugfest.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2024
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Sweeney had been looking to add physicality to the team and Thursday’s slugfest with Toronto confirmed that was an area which needed to be addressed.Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
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This heated confrontation quickly escalated, and soon after, a match between the two was officially announced for January 11, 2025, at an upcoming ROW event.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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But Washington’s refusal to let Seoul act on its concerns now sets the allies up for an unnecessary confrontation.Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
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By turning Doomguy into a knight wielding a gigantic, spiked shield a huge sword primed for brutal melee takedowns.Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Florida has a tremendous opportunity to respond to its first defeat of the season, a 106-100 melee at Kentucky.Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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In fact, isolating it to just the defensive third, their 69.1 per cent aerial duel and 65.1 per cent ground duel success is the highest by a team in any Premier League season since 2018-19.Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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From an opening scene on the high seas as a French merchant ship is aflame to a stag hunt on an aristocratic estate to a pistol duel at dawn, the writer-directors capture the scope and grandeur of Dumas’ story.Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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At least four others were injured during the shooting rampage in the western town of Cetinje on Wednesday, which authorities say began after a bar brawl.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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Coming out of the brutal men’s bathroom brawl, which left Thanos and four others dead, Team X did a quick recount to determine which side (truly) lost more votes.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024
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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 14 Jan. 2025.
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