1.   Separately, she abruptly ended a bitter, yearlong legal slugging match with Malkin in December, which should have cleared away obstacles to the sale of the empire.

2.   The president refused to get involved in a slugging match, remaining presidential and reassuring in his demeanor.

3.   Tyson obliged, and the fight degenerated into a slugging match.

4.   The destroyers fought back in a slugging match that lasted an hour, and returned the next day.