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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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The game started as a defensive slugfest, then picked up in the latter stages of the first half.—
Scott Chasen,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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Expect this to be a low-scoring slugfest, with a few explosive plays from the Buckeyes’ offensive stars making the difference.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Death Takes Me appears to have been a stepping stone to a more explicitly political confrontation with violence—one that refuses resignation and demands justice.—
Nicolás Medina Mora,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2025
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On February 28, the president had a heated confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which resulted in Trump pausing military aid to Ukraine.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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In the melee that ensued, Chinese miners working in other rooms rushed in to defend their countrymen.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Each crew member has different stats and proficiencies for gunnery, ship repair, melee attack, and melee defense.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
20 Feb. 2025
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Another ancestor had been on the Hudson River, in 1804, when Alexander Hamilton was being rowed back to Manhattan after his duel with Aaron Burr.—
Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2025
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Just 26, Cindric won the second Daytona duel Thursday night in a photo finish and will sit on the front row to start Sunday’s race.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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Authorities believe Davis orchestrated the hit with others in the car following a brawl at the MGM Grand casino.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
6 Mar. 2025
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For one thing, Born Again gets Cox in the suit ASAP and cuts to the chase almost as fast with an assassin’s fatal hand and a cop-bar brawl that truly shoots out the lights.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 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 17 Mar. 2025.
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