duke
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With the marry-anywhere policy, Beijing is turning to a familiar move in its economic playbook: pushing provinces and cities to duke it out for growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
"The duke felt strongly that, while those questions remain unanswered, the benefit of this income should remain in the community, helping local people shape that future."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Awards season is around the corner, with opponents ready to duke it out in the ring of swanky luncheons and Hollywood hobnobbing.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Byfield had originally obtained the post after selling a copy of his military memoir to the duke while employed as a tollkeeper.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Not many of my imagined conversations are with the duke.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
The company raised its dividend in April, and some strategists see the potential for a special dividend on the horizon, as the Costco dukes it out with the government over tariffs.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Meanwhile, Abdulmejid and his family lived a glitzy Riviera life, attending dances, we are told, with “four or five kings and any number of princes, dukes and counts.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
He said Myers illness was physically obvious but as soon as the cameras started rolling "he'd have his dukes up, ready for a scrap".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024
I don't know a single person who doesn't, and I will put up my dukes for Ava.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2023
In Florence, the capital of Tuscany, Vincenzio became a court musician, and his family mixed with dukes and princes at the artistic and intellectual heart of reborn Europe.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
So for nearly 170 miles, the greatest cyclists from the sport’s heartlands duked it out around the roads of Quebec.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
After losing to world champion Littler in last year's final, Humphries triumphed 11-8 in the repeat as the world's top two duked it out at O2 Arena.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
As the insects groomed each other, the six types of fungi duked it out among themselves, with no clear winner taking over, the team reports this month in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 9, 2023
She also seemed calmer as her fellow candidates duked it out around her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
Eunice rebuked Her thoughts of gentler blood, when these had duked It with the best, and scorned to change their name.
From Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell
Two months before nations begin duking it out in World Cup matches at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, a bitter clash has already broken out over how supporters will even travel there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
The primary bedroom also comes with a fireplace, as well as an expansive walk-in closet and a spa bathroom, perfect for relaxation after a long day of duking it out on air.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
This was far from just McIlroy and Fitzpatrick duking it out for the title though as the tension built on the back nine and at one point four players shared the lead.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
“Nickel Boys” “At this stage, two Cannes prizewinners are duking it out for the top spot: Sean Baker’s box-office hit ‘Anora’ and Jacques Audiard’s ‘Emilia Pérez.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
For a moment, from his vantage point, it looked as if maybe his boys and the Brits were all alone out front, duking it out.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
