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fire fight
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shootout
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gunfight
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shooting
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AmE
I didn't understand why there had not yet been any exchange of fire.
The savage exchange of fire continued for a minute, then died away.
An exchange of fire began, with casualties on both sides.
A fierce exchange of fire continues in the city for over two hours.
An exchange of fire followed, which continued for almost an hour.
It was the wrong time to get involved in an exchange of fire.
At the traffic stop, there was an exchange of fire.
In an exchange of fire, a few men are shot.
At any moment now, he might be surprised into an exchange of fire.
This resulted in a short exchange of fire between the sides.
In a fire fight, though, one guy looks pretty much like another.
Concentration like that will get you killed in a fire fight.
He'll stop to light up in the middle of a fire fight.
A hot fire fight started at less than a hundred yards range.
After the fire fight died down all units continued to dig.
After her first fire fight above the medical area, she thought of another way to do it.
You get in a fire fight and it's kind of fun.
After the fire fight in the woods, he'd simply run.
Even if somebody were to try to stop me now, there wouldn't be any time for a fire fight.
It's simply too important to become a partisan fire fight in the next election.
