Example Sentences

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They’d given everyone a taste of their border feud last year with the NHL’s Four Nations tournament, where they’d brawled and battled before Canada finally settled it on the ice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

This isn’t the first time Whole Foods’ parent company has brawled aggressively with organized labor.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025

The speaker said his guests for the State of the Union would also include New York City police officers who brawled with migrants in Time Square.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Leaving the field moments later, both sides were so incensed they nearly brawled.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

He wrote a confidential memorandum to the police, instructing them to look out for rebellious young people who brawled, made mischief, and violated police orders.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti