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duel

[doo-uhl, dyoo-] / ˈdu əl, ˈdyu- /


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It wasn’t the neck-and-neck duel spectators might have hoped to see.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Rory McIlroy’s recent Masters win highlighted the surprising lack of a true major-deciding duel with Scottie Scheffler.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 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

In the verbal exchanges before the duel, there can be no question that Burr fired first.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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