scrimmaging (with)

verb

present participle of scrimmage (with)
as in fighting
to oppose (someone) in physical conflict growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs

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  1. fighting
  2. battling
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  • Karen Huger is sober, Wendy Osefo is fighting to reclaim her reputation, Tia’s husband is cheating on her, and Ashley Darby remains committed to the sacred constitutional right to be in everybody’s business but her own.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • More than 8,000 of his employees are fighting Russian forces.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of fighting
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  • In Congo, where the outbreak has spread to seven provinces, responders are battling some of the worst conditions imaginable.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The story reimagines the former child stars as reluctant heroes battling a conspiracy that’s warping the very fabric of fame.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of battling
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“Scrimmaging (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrimmaging%20%28with%29. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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