as in dispute
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
the sisters had a battle royal over whose turn it was to use the family car
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One of those people is Gaby, who confronts Liz in a passive-aggressive battle royal.
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Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
Tenney, who has faced backlash multiple times for saying racial slurs during his streams, caught his wave when Epic Games released the battle royal shooting game in 2017.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
Tweens, however, are most likely to play battle royal (49%), racing (46%) and survival games (39%); while Millennials gravitate more toward MMO (41%), strategy (27%) and RPG (26%) genres, with games like Elden Ring or World of Warcraft.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
The director, Chad Stahelski, works these elaborate fights and their flimsy killings with flashy but insignificant embellishments (such as filming an indoor battle royal from overhead, as if by drone).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2023
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Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
Tenney, who has faced backlash multiple times for saying racial slurs during his streams, caught his wave when Epic Games released the battle royal shooting game in 2017.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
Tweens, however, are most likely to play battle royal (49%), racing (46%) and survival games (39%); while Millennials gravitate more toward MMO (41%), strategy (27%) and RPG (26%) genres, with games like Elden Ring or World of Warcraft.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
The director, Chad Stahelski, works these elaborate fights and their flimsy killings with flashy but insignificant embellishments (such as filming an indoor battle royal from overhead, as if by drone).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2023
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