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He had a dustup with a guy in the bar.
he came home with a black eye from the dustup at the bar
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The ensuing dustup in the goal crease left the Ducks with a brief two-man advantage.
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Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2025
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
Hilaria was annoyed by his many dustups with the press and tried to make peace.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 July 2024
The game was getting testy and, after a dustup after the horn to end the second period, matching minors were handed out and the third started with a 4-on-4.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2024
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Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2025
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
Hilaria was annoyed by his many dustups with the press and tried to make peace.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 July 2024
The game was getting testy and, after a dustup after the horn to end the second period, matching minors were handed out and the third started with a 4-on-4.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2024
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“Dustup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dustup. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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