Example Sentences

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Protesters in south-west Turkey have scuffled with police over the felling of trees to make way for an expansion to a coal mine.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2023

Their availability forced combinations that had been working for Washington all season to be broken up, and the Capitals have scuffled since, managing five goals in three games.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023

The Sixers have scuffled this season amid all the absences and are just 8-8.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022

Without Williamson, a bruising forward who is 6-foot-6 and not particularly slim, the Pelicans have scuffled to one of the worst records in the league.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2021

It was always a link to have scuffled, failing a real scratch, with such a character; and he had at present the flutter of feeling that something of this would abide.

From The Finer Grain by James, Henry