bouts

Example Sentences

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“We anticipate more of these bouts of bravado to dictate the region for a while as both sides claim they are winning and neither is willing to be seen as disadvantaged,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Now, before that, I’d had two bad bouts of bronchitis, one after the next.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Rousey retired from the UFC in 2016 because of repeated concussions, and her aggressive fight style where she finished bouts early was deliberate to avoid taking damage to the head.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Those bouts of turbulence proved to be short-lived, and traders started rushing into markets in a wager that the war wouldn’t persist for long.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The first two days’ worth of competition was to whittle those two thousand plus fencers down to a manageable sixty-four when the elimination bouts began.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad