as in fighter
a person who takes part in a dispute
every couple has marital problems, but those two are heavyweight brawlers in a seriously dysfunctional relationship
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Noun
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Today, our products power everything from the most advanced fighter aircraft, such as the F135 engine for the F-35, to the GTF engine for the most fuel-efficient narrowbody commercial jets.—
Shane Eddy,
Hartford Courant,
22 July 2025 -
Aside from the streaks and stats, the truth lies in the level of competition the fighters have faced.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
Noun
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The Keefe Commissary Network and its parent company Keefe Group were defendants alongside Tarrant County.—
Cody Copeland
July 14,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 July 2025
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According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Gadd is unable to speak about the case for legal reasons despite not being named as a defendant.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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The plaintiffs were mostly former employees, but some included students who said they were fraudulently enrolled.—
Chris Quintana,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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The plaintiffs—including employee unions, contractor groups, and humanitarian organizations—argued that the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle USAID violated the Constitution, the Administrative Procedure Act, and statutory limits on executive power.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Lee is sixty-one years old, a scrapper with a potent backstory.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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Similarly, Kiki vacillates between a broad figure of oblivious privilege, not that far removed from Moore’s The Big Lebowski heiress, and a scrapper who feels just as insecure in this place as either sister.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The Jay Treaty asked the disputants merely to start a process leading to the appointment of arbitrators qualified to decide their disputes fairly and finally.—
Tom Bell,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2025
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However, if the harassment or dispute is simply two neighbors being un-neighborly toward each other, the HOA’s best response may be to offer a volunteer board member to meet with the disputants to try to host a discussion between them.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Brawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brawler. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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