as in skirmish
a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups
the two players got into a scrimmage off the court and got suspended
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Recent Examples of scrimmage
In Saturday’s scrimmage at Corona’s Centennial High School, Green had only one of six punts go more than 40 yards.
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Here’s what was observed and heard through last week’s practices and where each position group is ahead of the spring’s first scrimmage:
Offense
Quarterbacks: Alabama’s first official scrimmage Thursday will provide a better idea of where each player is in terms of how reps are split.
—Kennington Smith Iii, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Dowdle, though, eventually succeeded Elliott and produced 1,328 scrimmage yards and five total touchdowns.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
Rhule said there would continue to be live tackling in scrimmages during spring practice.
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Here’s what was observed and heard through last week’s practices and where each position group is ahead of the spring’s first scrimmage:
Offense
Quarterbacks: Alabama’s first official scrimmage Thursday will provide a better idea of where each player is in terms of how reps are split.
—Kennington Smith Iii, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Dowdle, though, eventually succeeded Elliott and produced 1,328 scrimmage yards and five total touchdowns.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
Rhule said there would continue to be live tackling in scrimmages during spring practice.
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrimmage
Noun
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The clashes are a sign of growing tensions at the Lebanon-Syria border, northeast of the Beqaa valley, where predominantly Shiite Lebanese villages have seen skirmishes with Syrian soldiers in recent weeks.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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After his skirmish with Diarra, Neal waved his arms to fire up Creighton fans in the sellout crowd.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Since then, while tallies have fluctuated, the average has been around 180 clashes per day, an increase of about 30%.—
Andrew Carey and Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described the public clash between Musk and Navarro as an example of the administration's transparency.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And maybe the downfall is that Lex has decided what's right between those two and which should win out, whereas Superman and Lois are in a constant battle about what is right, so they each get checked by the other.—
Mike Miller,
EW.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Michael Mann, Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Cage Pay Tribute to Actor By the time the sequel was filmed and finally came out — there were COVID delays as Tom Cruise (rightly) insisted on a theatrical release — Kilmer was quite deep into his battle with throat cancer.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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In the co-main event of the fight card, Brandon Grach and Liam Talivaa face off in a heavyweight rematch.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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During the Veterans Memorial Invitational Tournament in Egg Harbor Township, which is about eight miles outside Atlantic City, a fight broke out between players on the Maple Shade Cadet and Frenzy Cadet teams.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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