mud-wrestling
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But that forum has become the diplomatic version of a mud-wrestling fight between the Western democracies among the five veto-wielding powers — the U.S.,
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
‘Never get in a mud-wrestling match with a pig; you’ll get dirty and the pig will have lots of fun.’
From Fox News ● Nov. 14, 2018
The couple ended 1990 by appearing on the cover of Vanity Fair, complete with photos of them mud-wrestling each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2018
Henninger: Well, I don’t think anyone should want to get down in the mud and fight with Donald Trump, because he’s too good at mud-wrestling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2016
“The Martini Shot,” the bracing and witty novella that closes Pelecanos’s first collection of stories, is a sly consideration of this mud-wrestling match between art and commerce.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2015
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