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For nearly two years their troops have been skirmishing intermittently for a 500-mile strip of land which was once considered Moroccan, but was handed over to Algeria by the French when they controlled the area.

From Time Magazine Archive

Iraq and Iran have been skirmishing along their border for nearly two years, ever since the downfall of the late Shah.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1939, some 250 pinched broadcasters, including all the major networks, formed a rival organization, BMI, and the two have been skirmishing ever since.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cody, I want to send information to General Terry concerning the Indians that have been skirmishing around here all day.

From An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) by Buffalo Bill

So long as my lord wished for an action, not one gun has been fired; the moment he declined it, we have been skirmishing; but I took care never to commit the army.

From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de