Example Sentences
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Zwane tussled with Roberto Alvarado, with the Mexican going to ground holding his head.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
In 2025, the US president went as far as visiting the Fed's under-renovation headquarters, where he verbally tussled with Powell as the two toured the site.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
In 2017, it tussled about management succession with activist investor Christopher Hohn’s TCI Fund Management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
She also tussled with Bass behind closed doors in late January, as revealed in text messages obtained by The Times that highlighted an increasingly fractious relationship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
I tussled, “Let go of me! I don’t want to go to school! Let me go!” but my mother held fast onto me.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
