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Soon the teams were skirmishing after almost every play.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2012

Years after the squabble seemed to have been won, U.S. colleges and universities last week were skirmishing with their old hoodoo, the loyalty oath.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before Habib even got to see Hafez Assad, Israeli and Syrian forces were skirmishing, and Israeli jets had attacked Syrian missile batteries in the Bekaa Valley.

From Time Magazine Archive

Obie looked down at the field where the guys were skirmishing in the shadow of the goal posts.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

Many laughable incidents occurred while we were skirmishing with the enemy at Laurel Hill.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various