skirmish

So much was made of the skirmish after the game.

But what happened last night was only the beginning, a skirmish.

After a skirmish or two, she always gets her way.

All these skirmishes took 14 days, after which he left back for home.

This was but the first skirmish in the new war.

I think this will be a skirmish for a while.

Indeed, I can find evidence of only one major skirmish.

But these skirmishes involved few weapons of any kind, he said.

Soon the brother was dead too, killed in a skirmish.

"Give or take a few people killed in skirmishes over them?"

And we cannot hope to win a war with a single small skirmish.

A skirmish line was slowly working its way toward them.

The Federal court case is not the only legal skirmish on the issue.

There were skirmishes the next few days but nothing serious.

The first skirmish between the two forces had taken place on 3 May.

This was even despite a major skirmish taking place near the town.

At one point of the mission, a hard skirmish began.

As a result of skirmishes with the police, ten people died.

As such, they are usually not involved in skirmishes at the front lines.

The return of big money is not likely to be a major political issue, although there have been skirmishes.

European and American officials say they see nothing to stop a skirmish, at the least.

No matter what she did, it seemed to lead to some form of fight or skirmish.

Over the next year, several skirmishes took place between these parties.

He had never gone back to his room before the skirmish and the flight.

Most of the skirmishes have so far involved smaller players.