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[bout] / baʊt /




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A six-fight undercard, including a heavyweight interim title bout between Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane, will precede the main event.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The bout was hair vs. hair; whichever billionaire lost would be stripped of their mane in the ring.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Yet barring a massive flareup in violence in the Middle East and another spike in oil prices, the latest bout of inflation is unlikely to get much worse.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

She returned home for a period, after a serious bout of bronchitis, to find a much changed Tehran - as depicted in the second book in the Persepolis series.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Like two boxers who had just finished a match that ended in a draw, both knowing they’d fought a classic bout.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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