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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
skirmish .
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Examples
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Before daylight he "skirmished" them to a trench he knew of two hundred yards in advance, where he had seen one of his regiment the day before.
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 Anonymous
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The Yemen Post newspaper editor-in-chief Hakim Almasmari says that government security forces skirmished with the crowds.
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In the capital city, demonstrators skirmished with the riot police.
Thousands in Streets of Algiers Demanding Change of Government 2011
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He received a hearty welcome and learned that harassment of the column had been increasing, stragglers and deserters turning up dead and scalped despite the flankers, who had skirmished with a small party of Indians.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In the capital city, demonstrators skirmished with the riot police.
Thousands in Streets of Algiers Demanding Change of Government 2011
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Toward the end of the march, some young protesters threw stones at a couple of shop windows and ATMs and skirmished with the police.
Turks Stage Biggest Protest in Years Ayla Albayrak 2012
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The two share thousands of miles of border, over which they have skirmished as recently as 1969.
Russia Fears China, Not Japan Michael Auslin 2011
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The Yemen Post newspaper editor-in-chief Hakim Almasmari says that government security forces skirmished with the crowds.
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For a few days the Macedonians skirmished with these brigands, but to little avail.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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In the capital city, demonstrators skirmished with the riot police.
Thousands in Streets of Algiers Demanding Change of Government 2011
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