duel
Example Sentences
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The pitching duel for the first four innings was nothing short of spectacular.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
It wasn’t the neck-and-neck duel spectators might have hoped to see.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Another storyline will be the duel between Bass and Raman, who were allies until Raman decided to run for mayor just before the filing period closed.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
"Few answers are going to be complete, especially when you cut me off all the time," the visibly irritated multibillionaire said as he resumed his duel Thursday morning with the defense attorney for OpenAI.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Though he had not sought out the impending duel with Burr, there was nothing in Hamilton’s lifelong pattern that would permit a self-consciously bland and supremely triumphant refusal of the challenge.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing duel
Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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UCPS 6th Grade Roots List #5
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