Meanings of tussling over in English

It's in waters Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur are themselves tussling over.

We climbed into bed, tussling over who had more covers, and finally settled down.

Just then, two other children came out of one of the dwellings, tussling over some wooden object.

Or it could be macro: the government and local authorities tussling over how best to stuff the mattress.

Against the backdrop of political tussling over the squeeze on living standards, the Treasury welcomed the fall in inflation.

Last week, the king appointed a new Buddhist supreme patriarch, ending more than a year of tussling over the position.

As before, the magistrates are tussling over tiresome issues of jurisdiction; and Horton has no real powers to interrogate suspects.

Liberals, moderate Muslims and Islamists are tussling over the shape of the constitution and extent of Islamic references in the document.

Saves time, I suppose: back in 2000, all that tussling over butterfly ballots, dangling chads, and disenfranchised voters took five long weeks.

Best-selling writer Kate Mosse says that when Hollywood filmmakers began tussling over the rights for her novel Labyrinth, she turned them away.

The most high-profile conflict here now is not been between rival gangs, but between two European investors who are tussling over a prime plot.

Congressional negotiators also are tussling over a Republican provision prohibiting the use of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement funds to facilitate abortions for immigrant detainees.

"Is she, now?" She looked at her cubs, who were tussling over the elk rib.