in a/the clash
Frequency: 8.515.8 per million words
Used to indicate involvement within a conflict.
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Examples (10)
- Several protesters were injured in violent clashes with security forces.
- The two leaders found themselves in a direct clash over economic policy during the debate.
- He lost his helmet in the heat of the clash on the football field.
- Many innocent civilians have been caught in the bloody clashes between rival factions.
- The board meeting descended into a major clash of interests.
- Historically, many wars have begun with soldiers dying in minor border clashes.
- The reporter was documenting the events as they unfolded in the fierce clash outside the parliament building.
- In a clash of ideologies, the two philosophers debated for hours.
- The team's defeat was inevitable after their star player was ejected from the game in a bitter clash with the referee.
- A soldier who was wounded in a recent armed clash is now recovering in the hospital.