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  • noun Alternative spelling of dustup.

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Examples

  • That's what ousted celebrity dancer Carson Kressley is calling the dust-up Monday night between pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy and two of the three Dancing With the Stars judges.

    Dancing With the Stars: Maks Fights With the Judges 2011

  • There was a good old Yorkshire dust-up at Elland Road too, as Leeds and Barnsley played out a see-saw draw which included the sending off of United's Bradley Johnson and a fantastic 25-yard free-kick from the Tykes' Kieran Trippier to see that the spoils were shared.

    Football League: Your thoughts | Open thread 2011

  • After their Salon dust-up, a rational mind would think that WAPO would actually have editors that check these editorials.

    Wonk Room » Misrepresenting Basic Facts On Settlements 2009

  • Anyone who saw his recent dust-up on ABC's The View knows this first-hand.

    Jim Lichtman: Williams/O'Reilly Jim Lichtman 2010

  • RNC Chair Michael Steele told CNN that his dust-up with Rush Limbaugh was all part of his strategy.

    Steele's Strategery 2009

  • Steele has had other problems, including a high profile 2009 dust-up with Rush Limbaugh in which he described the conservative talk radio host's rhetoric as "incendiary" and "ugly" in an interview with CNN.

    Steele tries to reassure GOP as top aide resigns 2010

  • The latest dust-up in the battle for NYSE Euronext has centered on potential cost savings from a deal.

    Taxing Thoughts for NYSE Shareholders David Reilly 2011

  • It's been a long slingshot ride for Microsoft and Rovio, after a small dust-up in November when an errant Angry Birds logo showed up on the Microsoft Web site without the game company's permission.

    Angry Birds will be on Windows Phone 7, in 3D Hayley Tsukayama 2011

  • The dust-up pits two institutions allied since the beginning of the 100-year-old rodeo that celebrates the buckaroo heritage of the two-thirds of Oregon east of the Cascade Range.

    Rodeo hauled into court over cologne 2011

  • It's been a long slingshot ride for Microsoft and Rovio, after a small dust-up in November when an errant Angry Birds logo showed up on the Microsoft Web site without the game company's permission.

    Angry Birds will be on Windows Phone 7 and in 3D Hayley Tsukayama 2011

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