noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Government soldiers ran into a group of rebels, and a skirmish followed.
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Last night skirmishes were reported along the border.
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SAIC's previous skirmishes with investigators had attracted little attention.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But what began in May 1998 as a skirmish over a remote stretch of border exposed a deep reservoir of bitterness.
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He talks of regrouping like a colonel after a skirmish at Yellow Tavern.
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Individual skirmishes flickered and stuttered in the distance.
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On this last one, grunts had made light contact and reported several skirmishes where we had dropped them.
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Such are the preliminary skirmishes of all new foundations.
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The peace of Utrecht ended the war proper in 1713, but desultory skirmishes carried on until 1714.
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They might well prevail in any skirmish with the local forces, but in the circumstances that would be of little profit.
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This was the first tiny skirmish in what was to be a major battle.