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At present, EMI is skirmishing with the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame and Museum, a one-man website based in Glen Cove, N.Y., with aspirations of someday occupying a brick-and-mortar facility.

From BusinessWeek • May 19, 2011

March 20th.—There is skirmishing everyday on the Peninsula.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

Our cavalry has crossed the river, and is skirmishing with the rebels; We marched ten miles to-day.

From Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery by Reichardt, Theodore