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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a rumble with the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a confrontation, conflict, or competition with someone or something.
Example: "The two rival teams were set for a rumble with the championship title on the line."
Alternatives: "a clash with the" or "a confrontation with the".
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The punters here aren't happy, and there's some talk of a rumble with the regulars from the Walkabout next door.
The spectacle of West Ham fans getting into a rumble with the ace faces and tasty geezers of the Columbus Crew crew during the club's pre-season tour of the US was a most unwelcome, albeit bizarre, moment of footballing obiter dicta.
In 1950, Carmine's Garfield Boys had a rumble with the Tigers in front of the boathouse in Prospect Park, a fight over a girl just like in West Side Story.
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I remember a particular time when a group of us girls had a rumble with a gang called the Seven Immortals.
She recently got into a rumble with her party's Mr. Clean, the campaign finance reformer Russ Feingold.
Did you see how he tried (and failed) to get the other guys to start a rumble with Juan?
Trost called the bout "A Little Rumble With the Rabbi".
He was a Greaser itching for a chance to rumble with the privileged Socs.
He delivers his lines in a Darth Vader rumble, with the cagey deliberation of someone uncertain of his words and the muffled diction of a man in a mask.
As long as he can still rumble with the young guys, Leija said, he will.
Vinnie finally persuades the Stompers to rumble with the Chaplains.
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