How to Use dustup in a Sentence

dustup

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  • He had a dustup with a guy in the bar.
  • There is no reason to mention Yoko as the prime mover in this dustup.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The group and the school both say that anyone who is seeking a dustup is not welcome.
    — Katy Steinmetz, Time, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The dustup occurred after Abreu was hit by a pitch for the 21st time this season.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • While Sexton was at the center of Sunday’s dustup, the win over the Raptors wasn’t just about him.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The Modi meeting was planned long before the dustup with Trump.
    — Michael Birnbaum and Rick Noack, Washington Post, 30 May 2017
  • Despite the dustup, New Hampshire Democrats came through for Biden.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Miller’s dustup with Clifton came after Clifton hammered Roope Hintz along the boards.
    — Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Crowder said when asked about the dustups with Thompson.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2020
  • The biggest dustup was over the Black Lives Matter movement.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 May 2021
  • Moving on from the fighting and the bad blood seems doable, as the hottest online dustups can get very cold rather quickly.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Like his dustup with the parents of an Army Ranger killed in Iraq, Trump stayed on the attack… and his poll numbers stayed on the decline.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 30 May 2017
  • There had been a dustup pregame when Maher was warming up.
    — Josh Dubow, Chron, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The dustup came last summer as people took to the streets in cities across American to protest after the death of George Floyd.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 27 July 2021
  • The dustup over Biden's speech reflected the broader conundrum: How to talk about the war in Ukraine?
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Kitchens didn’t see the dustup -- the offense was working on a different field than the defense.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The two episodes this season brought to mind other high-profile dustups.
    — Howard Fendrich, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • This all comes amid the latest dustup between Cox and Carlson.
    — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The dustup came after Tatis struck out looking and then argued the call by umpire Phil Cuzzi.
    — Bernie Wilson, ajc, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The fact that #pokimane trended at all made the Anys-Vail dustup news, ripe for reactions.
    — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 31 July 2020
  • If the defender is moving his or her feet during the dustup: block, foul on the defense.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Fans, the Orbits, vowed to boycott the upcoming album in response to the dustup.
    — Vulture, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Phoenix time in the same arena where Friday's outcome and postgame dustup is bond to carry over into the third matchup.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2022
  • However, that doesn't mean there aren't dustups during a stop in play.
    — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 17 May 2018
  • The best thing to come out of this whole mess has been all the shade thrown by veteran journalist April Ryan, who’s had her own dustup with Omarosa.
    — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The dustup over salaries is just the latest in a long line of controversies that have cast a cloud on the town and its reputation.
    — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Thomas’ second hit came before Grant had even fielded the punt and sparked a dustup between the two teams that led to the ejection of three players.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Saban played down the dustup but is not one to forget a slight, much less a public undressing.
    — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Mirigian seemed to have already put her dustup with the feds behind her.
    — Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 2018
  • Remember the dustup between Comcast and Netflix (described in Jammed)?
    — Susan Crawford, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2016

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