brawler

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
  • After Affleck’s take on the Marvel hero, Netflix adapted the comic book about a blind lawyer turned crime fighter into a TV show.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Ukraine has previously said Russia used first person-view (FPV) drones commonly found along the front lines to attack Ukrainian soldiers in defensive positions, forcing the fighters to move into the direct line of Russian artillery.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Five defendants were rounded up Monday night in New York and other jurisdictions, federal authorities said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Read's defense attorneys have long centered on allegations that the defendant was the subject of a cover-up.
    Meghan Mariani, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Attorneys for the plaintiffs celebrated the Friday ruling.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
  • One of the plaintiffs in the AAUP lawsuit is Aslı Bâli, a Yale Law School professor and president of the nonprofit Middle East Studies Association.
    Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The duo source pieces from gold scrappers in the New York City diamond district, rescuing everything from contemporary charms to historic pieces from the 19th century from being melted.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Howard Lutnick Secretary of commerce Net worth: $3.2 billion Source of wealth: Finance The Wall Street scrapper became a face of American resilience in the wake of 9/11, rebuilding his now 14,000-person team after losing more than 650 employees at Cantor Fitzgerald’s World Trade Center offices.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 30 Apr. 2025.

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