Fierheller recalled skirmishes between his group of friends and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Torontoist] Reference

As bruising as all these short-term skirmishes are, in the long term we’ve already won the war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alas, a blog » 2004 » July] Reference

I think the skirmishes are an indication that atheists are feeling especially marginalized lately.    From Wordnik.com.  [Becoming what you most dislike] Reference

My – unproven – strategy for handling my novel’s half-dozen pitched battles and dozen or so skirmishes is as follows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spotted: Swords in the Park] Reference

At the very least we must try our hardest, with His Grace, to win our struggles, our little 'skirmishes'.    From Wordnik.com.  ["That's my King" video] Reference

"So whilst a 'currency war' was always unlikely, 'skirmishes' will continue.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

Such skirmishes are just a taste of what's to come.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Question Remains] Reference

In comparison with what followed, they were mere skirmishes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference

Between skirmishes he sought survivors, finding only stragglers.    From Wordnik.com.  [4 Scars] Reference

After several severe skirmishes, in which the enemy was defeated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

The party-line vote at the agency points to new skirmishes ahead.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's News: Business] Reference

It was one of the opening skirmishes in a full-fledged revolution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red-Light Revolution] Reference

"This is like Vietnam -- little skirmishes everywhere," says Capt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Do You Trust?] Reference

In the partisan skirmishes that dictate today's politics, Lieberman is in limbo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lieberman’s Limbo] Reference

It's the latest in a long list of skirmishes between Fernandez and school officials.    From Wordnik.com.  [If He Could Make It Here . . .] Reference

Already this year, we have seen small skirmishes between UNIFIL and 'residents' of the South.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taufiq Rahim: The Fall in Lebanon to be Hotter Than the Summer] Reference

Blur, of course, lost out in Mercury skirmishes with M People (1994) and Talvin Singh (1999).    From Wordnik.com.  [Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and the Cairo Gang; Trembling Bells] Reference

The land in between, on which St. Mary's stood, would become the scene of numerous skirmishes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fairfax Station church that inspired Red Cross founder celebrates 150 years] Reference

The military has claimed a number of victories in skirmishes in and around the city in recent days.    From Wordnik.com.  [Residents Flee Beseiged Yemeni City] Reference

There were certain skirmishes here and there which could have been contained had there been goodwill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: 'We're Going to Start Over'] Reference

I have described very imperfectly a few of the battles and skirmishes that took place during this time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

Schoolyards, where boy bullies once reigned supreme, are increasingly arenas for skirmishes between girls.    From Wordnik.com.  [BAD GIRLS GO WILD] Reference

Compliments are light skirmishes in the war of flattery, for the purpose of obtaining an occasional object.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference

Samir Nasri will miss Arsenal's opening Big Cup skirmishes after being ruled out for a month by knee-knack.    From Wordnik.com.  [Syntheticpitchophobic Spurs Players; and The Gallic Shrug Made Flesh] Reference

About 1,000 angry protestors converged in downtown Oakland and engaged in scattered skirmishes with police.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transit Officer's Verdict Sparks Violent Protests] Reference

Here are the many battlefields, and the skirmishes that will -- or may -- be going on in each: FLORIDA COURTS.    From Wordnik.com.  [Full Court Press] Reference

So far, the land war amounted to only a few skirmishes, and the massive air campaign was producing mixed results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard Days Ahead] Reference

His job is burdened by all the usual academic issues -- and meddling alumni, fund-raising needs and P.C. skirmishes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sick And Tired At Harvard] Reference

But in some fenced-in areas, pro and anti-mosque people were together in one spot, and there were verbal skirmishes.    From Wordnik.com.  [9/11 Anniversary Marked By Anger, Controversy] Reference

Now skirmishes in Abkhazia and South Ossetia have come close to rekindling wars against Georgia's breakaway republics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

Countless border skirmishes between the (supposedly allied) Afghan and Pakistani armies were also buried under the rug.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doug Sarro: Afghanistan: We're Here Because We're Here Because...] Reference

One such radical is Mahmoud Hassani, a Shiite preacher in Karbala whose forces recently engaged in skirmishes with U.S. forces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Silent Sistani] Reference

A February truce between the rebels and the government has been tested by skirmishes that killed more than 70 people last month.    From Wordnik.com.  [Residents Flee Beseiged Yemeni City] Reference

Even in peaceful years, deadly skirmishes have become routine, raising fears of a clash between the world's newest nuclear powers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror Tactics High Over The Himalayas] Reference

The first sitting passed almost entirely in classifying, in examining signatures, in skirmishes of all kinds around this main body.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

But a new survey by Nutricise, an online weight-loss program (nutricise. com), suggests that skirmishes may work better than all-out war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health Notes] Reference