as in to fight
of knights in the Middle Ages
to engage in battle on horseback with lances
The knights jousted against each other.
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as in duel
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment Two blimps jousting overhead Helldivers 2 is explicitly multiplayer, and the action takes place on Sony's servers.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2024
The Terror Squad leader acknowledged that Cole had valid reasons for not staying in the lyrical joust, but his way of stepping away was not good for him in the long run.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 31 July 2024
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That, in a nutshell, explains why Californians have been jousting over water for the state’s entire 174-year history.
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The verbal joust will touch on a range of issues but none may be more important than the economy, which often ranks as the top priority among voters.
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Trump and Republicans in the state fought hard to change state rules to a winner-take-all system just based on the statewide tally.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Enslaved people fought daily against this system of oppression.Ana Lucia Araujo / Made by History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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And More Ahead Of Final Two Episodes Rio still wants one of them, which spells a duel brewing.Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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Many here see the current Dodgers-Yankees World Series matchup as a throwback to the teams’ last postseason showdown — the memorable 1981 duel, during peak Fernandomania, in which a gritty Valenzuela led the Dodgers back from a two-game deficit to take out New York.Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
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Cayden Addison, a seven-year-old Black boy battling a rare form Philadelphia chromosome acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), has had two donors back out on him.Pia Velasco, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
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On June 12, 2018, coalition forces battling ISIS found and destroyed three hundred thousand captagon pills belonging to the Islamist group.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Thereafter, Maske arrived in the driveway, where there was a confrontation between Aanerud and Maske.Tim Speier, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2024
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Modern warfare now extends beyond physical confrontations to include cyber threats with widespread repercussions that extend beyond the battlefield.Kevin Lynch, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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At the same time, Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) wrestled with personal struggles away from the ranch.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Rhodes looked like an even bigger star after the victory and Gunther’s post-match handshake, which is fitting for a throwback character who treats wrestling like a legitimate sport.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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In two spectacular face-offs, Daryl utterly destroyed Losang (and, for good measure, bashed his head in with a skull), and Codron shook off a stabbing to hurl Jacinta into a wall.Charlie Mason, TVLine, 27 Oct. 2024
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Following the game, Ronde, 49, said he was relieved their face-offs were over.Marina Watts, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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Dodger Stadium and its grounds also have a long history of physical altercations, including fistfights between drunken fans, fan-on-fan attacks that left people with severe injuries, and beatings by security personnel.Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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That this apparent enlightenment leads to bloody basement fistfights is among the film’s core ironies.Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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Anyone tempted to take the over should keep in mind that most of Penn State's biggest games in recent years have been slugfests (21-7 over Illinois earlier this year, 28-13 over Wisconsin last week, not to mention last year's 20-12 loss to the Buckeyes and 24-15 loss to Michigan).Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Detroit Lions 20, Arizona Cardinals 13: The Lions leaned heavily on their gritty ground game to win a slugfest at State Farm Stadium.Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Joust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joust. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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