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joust

[jaust, juhst, joost] / dʒaʊst, dʒʌst, dʒust /


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Hundreds of people congregated in London Fields, Hackney, to watch artist Jack Carden and actor Camtholomew the First joust, while riding the bright green rentable e-bikes.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

But Sophie Cunningham has let the state turn her into a combination of Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, willing to joust with a windmill.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Many MPs believe that Badenoch has for some months now been an impressive combatant at Prime Minister's Questions, her weekly joust with the prime minister.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

A banner for House Tully can be seen during the joust at the end of Episode 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026

"There will be one final joust, be-tween the Hound and the Knight of Flowers."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Perhaps they’ll even find more cosmic jousts — enough to make a whole tournament!

From Space Scoop ● May 21, 2025

Thirteen years on from his untimely death, the influence of the continent's most charismatic star is enduringly felt when Europe take on the USA in their biennial jousts.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 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

In Heti’s earlier books, readers see characters in the world engaging in philosophical or aesthetic jousts, at parties, in conversation with friends.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

While the commons began their walk home, talking of the day's jousts and the matches to come on the morrow, the court moved to the riverside to begin the feast.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

During Friday’s hearing, the lawmakers turned to former CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who famously jousted with Trump during his first term, for his reflections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

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

Malcolm X’s growing respect for individual whites seemed to be reserved for those who ignored on a personal basis the things he said about whites and who jousted with him as a man.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

E-bike rental company Lime has said its bikes are "not for jousting" after footage of two riders dressed as knights charging at each other in an east London park circulated over the weekend.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

And props are improvised so that pool noodles are used for jousting and an earbud case serves as an engagement ring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

In their America-Britain jousting, she always sided with his mother.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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