fracas ˈfrā-kəs noun
: a noisy quarrel
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The word fracas has appeared in 37 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Nov. 19 in “The First Family of New Jersey Football” by Kevin Armstrong:
Vito transferred to Paramus Catholic before sophomore year and by the time he was a senior, father and son led the Paladins, who had never won a state championship, to the 1992 title game.
That week, Mike told The Record his team would pummel “The University of Bergen Catholic” by 30 points. But Bergen Catholic won, 44-34, and Mike’s pregame boasts inspired a midfield fracas between coaching staffs afterward. He was fined $500 by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
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