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In Laos, there was skirmishing around the government-held bases of Sam Thong and Long Cheng.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the top of the bank above them a goat was skirmishing.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

This afternoon there was skirmishing on the right, between the picket lines, with varied success.

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

In this way there was skirmishing throughout the day; the French and Indians advancing as near as the covert of the woods would permit.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

There was skirmishing every day in front of Caesar's lines.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony