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mud-wrestling

American  
[muhd-res-ling] / ˈmʌdˌrɛs lɪŋ /

noun

  1. wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.


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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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