duke
Example Sentences
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“If anyone expected the two of them to duke it out in Wright’s much-maligned rotunda,” Huxtable writes, they’d be shocked to discover the two Franks waltzing harmoniously instead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Canada and United States have been the two best teams in the men's ice hockey competition, and they will duke it out at Milano Santagiulia Arena on Sunday at 13.10 GMT.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
The sketch then featured festive trees and sleigh bells ringing, with the duke telling Colbert to "just believe".
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
Thanks to his noble position—Jean was a son, brother and uncle of French kings—the duke had become a patron of the arts, and he commissioned several books of hours throughout his life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
He knew little of the duke, and had never entirely trusted him.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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