Sentence examples for skirmish on from inspiring English sources

"This is a skirmish on one of our 55 routes," Mr. O'Leary said dismissively.

Independent publishers are not blind to the advantages: "They can take on the big battles and we'll skirmish on the sidelines," said one, who declined to be named.

Turkey's "zero problems" has also run into trouble around Azerbaijan's disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, where four ethnic Armenian and one Azeri soldier were killed in a skirmish on Saturday.

Coe's vicious spat with Christie has turned into another skirmish on William Hague's Via Dolorosa.

See articleBad old waysColombia's FARC guerrillas killed 19 soldiers in a skirmish on independence day, July 20th.

The general election is only a skirmish on a wider front, where a fundamental question is contested.

"I do not see any sense in continuing to skirmish on a battlefield where I can never hope to win.

The journalists aren't kidnapped after a skirmish on the outskirts of town, but are trapped in hotel rooms.

Fox and Paramount battled throughout the filming, and they are expected to skirmish on several fronts as they divide up the unexpected profits.

Colombia's Ministry of Defense said Friday that Colombian rebels were responsible for killing an Ecuadorean Army officer and wounding a soldier during a border skirmish on Thursday.

Allied by an earlier French treaty with the northern Indian tribes, he joined them in defeating Iroquois marauders in a skirmish on Lake Champlain.