Example Sentences

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Like many a convention aficionado, Plotkin has been spoiling for a floor fight for decades.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2016

Dish has been spoiling for a fight with Sprint over that deal, which would give the Japanese telco a foothold in the world's most lucrative wireless market.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2013

The union at General Motors has been spoiling for a fight for months.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jessica Simpson has been spoiling her father, Joe, and bought him Botox for his birthday, says an Australian magazine.

From Time Magazine Archive

But he has been spoiling for this fight since November 2006, when Shi'ite parties walked out of Siniora's coalition Cabinet.

From Time Magazine Archive