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The pugnacious owner even claimed to have gotten into a fistfight with Dodgers fans in an elevator in the Hyatt Wilshire Hotel in 1981 after the Dodgers won three straight in L.A. to take the lead in the World Series 3-2.
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Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Dodger Stadium and its grounds also have a long history of physical altercations, including fistfights between drunken fans, fan-on-fan attacks that left people with severe injuries, and beatings by security personnel.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
That this apparent enlightenment leads to bloody basement fistfights is among the film’s core ironies.
—Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
There weren't fistfights on that 2022 tour, were there?
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
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Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Dodger Stadium and its grounds also have a long history of physical altercations, including fistfights between drunken fans, fan-on-fan attacks that left people with severe injuries, and beatings by security personnel.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
That this apparent enlightenment leads to bloody basement fistfights is among the film’s core ironies.
—Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
There weren't fistfights on that 2022 tour, were there?
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fistfight
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Toward the end there’s a punch-up, with several players involved.David Szalay, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
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Of the new cast additions, only Ayoade is doing anything funny, but Xeni’s pretentious banter could have used a writerly punch-up from somebody like Richard Ayoade.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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A week after surviving a back-and-forth slugfest with Windsor in the quarterfinals behind junior Emmitt Munson’s second straight 100-yard game on the ground, the Panthers head north to take on a rugged Mavericks squad that’s allowing just 9.5 points/game.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2024
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Should be a good old-fashioned slugfest at Kinnick Stadium.Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
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The camera was quickly turned off, but Mason’s indelible memory of that confrontation lives on, not only in his mind but also in the new movie September 5, in limited theaters Dec. 13.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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For those families who consider gift giving a nonnegotiable aspect of the holidays, Ward encourages people to buy something small to avoid confrontations.Julianna Bragg, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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High predicted that on December 3, visible contention between humans and aliens would begin, eventually ending in melee after an unspecified period.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Following a questionable call by a referee on the field, fans threw stones, rushed the pitch, and some were crushed in the process, while others tried to escape the melee by jumping a high fence, according to the Associated Press.Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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The bouts were true Mexican boxing classics that left both fighters physically scarred, as neither of them was the same after those three duels in the span of a year.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is challenging Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to an AI duel.Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
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There’s this brawl out scene with the henchmen of Ivan’s Russian billionaire parents.Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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The brawl got so intense that police had to step in and pepper spray players to stop the chaos.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The hard-throwing lefty dominated across 72 appearances (72.0 innings), notching a 1.75 ERA and 1.13 WHIP with 84 punch-outs.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
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Asus chose to have a punch-out camera and obscure part of the screen rather than mount it in a larger bezel, which shows how form has come ahead of function.Ewan Spence, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Fistfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fistfight. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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