battle royal

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Everyone expected a production starring two rival queens of the studio era to be an on-set battle royal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Naomi Alderman’s new dystopia, ‘The Future,’ finds a new way into the genre she mastered in ‘The Power’: a battle royal of preppers, tech billionaires and cults.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

"They'll watch anyone on it but me! Auntie Coco is my name with them, and they'll just skip through my matches and go onto a battle royal or whatever's next."

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

What he said is a reminder that legal skirmishes over the particulars of an execution are different from a battle royal over the moral heart of America.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2024

"Let's go," I said, listening and remembering and suddenly alive in the dark with the horror of the battle royal, but Clifton looked at Ras with a tight, fascinated expression, pulling away from me.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison