joust
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His son, Prince Valarr, is shown participating at the joust at the end of the episode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
Recently, one pair of cosmic dancers has turned astronomer’s heads by performing a very dangerous routine — which they’ve nicknamed the cosmic joust!
From Space Scoop ● May 21, 2025
Pimblett responded by calling Ferguson a "sausage", before the pair continued to verbally joust.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
As such, seeing him host Oliver on Tuesday was a bit of magic Colbert's joust with Monday guest, Neil deGrasse Tyson couldn't quite match.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2023
At the present period of his life he had only fought one joust with Arthur himself, and the accepted captain of the knights was Gawaine.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Perhaps they’ll even find more cosmic jousts — enough to make a whole tournament!
From Space Scoop ● May 21, 2025
Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament, based in Irving, Texas, is a Spanish nobility-themed dinner theater show with live-action jousts on horseback.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Mr. Doocy is a reliable needler of Mr. Biden, although the president often appears more amused than angered by their jousts.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
There's an expectation of the verbal jabs and jousts in parliament chambers.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2021
"The straw knight jousts better than that one."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
The White House has jousted with Beijing on trade but reached a broad truce with China after a major escalation last spring.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Fleetwood and Thomas jousted through the back nine and also made it to the last all square.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
Medieval English knights donned armor, mounted highly trained horses, and jousted with long lances in spectacular ritual combats.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 21, 2024
Tesla and plaintiff attorneys jousted in the runup about what evidence and arguments each side could make.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2023
They mounted their scooters and took plastic swords and jousted on the driveway.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
TV commercials showed construction workers jousting with FatMaxes, and Stanley sued copycat competitors for alleged patent infringement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
These include regional fisheries bodies and the International Seabed Authority -- the forum where nations are jousting over proposed rules on the environmentally destructive deep-sea mining industry.
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
And like sword fights, jousting is never not entertaining.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
I groaned to see a giant fork and spoon mounted on the kitchen wall of one of Marvin’s for-sale properties, then smiled when the silverware got ripped down and repurposed as jousting weapons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
Just outside Sir Ector’s castle there was a jousting field for tournaments, although there had been no tournaments in it since Kay was born.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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