tussles

Thomas insisted the fights were "tussles", flaring up as a result of drink and "over in a flash", but her injuries were serious enough that Bailey was given a suspended jail sentence in 2001 after beating her with a leg crutch, leaving her with a black eye, a swollen lip and bruised jaw.

Du Plantier murder: village of Schull in West Cork is braced for new moves in case that shattered its peace 2010

Two tiny girls, Amy and Irie, played in the sandbox all the time, sharing scraped knees and getting into the kind of tussles you'd expect from little, innocent children, their bright, shining eyes hiding not the sniffiest whiff of mischief.

Davis Sweet: I Miss the '80s! Melodramatic Metaphors Version 2008

There are still altercations, Birts reports, such as tussles over a girl -- but nothing serious.

Chicago Reader 2010

The idea was shelved when complex issues such as her tussles with the oil industry over a natural gas pipeline could not be distilled into a 60-to-90-second clip.

With New Arizona Home, Palin Can Skip the Tanning Bed Juliet Chung 2011

Mr. Christie's tussles with the teachers union shot through YouTube onto computer screens across the country last year, earning him devoted followers in the Republican party.

Tenure Overhaul Proposed Lisa Fleisher 2011

Similar tussles have broken out elsewhere, but Florida, which is considered by many in the industry to have the most strictly enforced licensing law in the country, is ground zero.

In Florida, Interior Decorators Have Designs on Deregulation Arian Campo-Flores 2011

I've been meaning to mention Ari Berman and his new book, Herding Donkeys, about the recent tussles within the Democratic Party (think mostly 2006-era feuds between Howard Dean and Rahm Emanuel, but updated nicely into the Obama era), which you can buy here.

Boot the Blue Dogs? Michael Tomasky 2010

Yet at least Saturday's outcome can be seen as better than that of their earlier tussles with table-topping MMU (a 16-0 home defeat) and with Stone Old Alleynians (18-0 down at Tunstall, 19-0 down at Stone).

In praise of … Tunstall Town | Editorial 2011

The 60-day extension by China's Commerce Ministry was the latest in a series of tussles between U.S. and China in the telecommunications sector.

Nokia Siemens Deal Delayed by China Jens Hansegard 2011

Otherwise lifting the somewhat monotonously dark tussles and gyrations out of their rut is a brisk passage for all seven dancers striding vividly around in white high heels lit bright by black light.

High Decor, Not Demure Robert Greskovic 2011