joust

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By watching the joust, astronomers got to see what happens when a galaxy finds itself on the wrong end of a quasar.

From Space Scoop • May 21, 2025

Pimblett responded by calling Ferguson a "sausage", before the pair continued to verbally joust.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

Slowly, Gourley introduced his cockamamie mind and razor-sharp wit, learning how to joust with O’Brien and feeling freer to crack up the parade of famous guests.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023

As such, seeing him host Oliver on Tuesday was a bit of magic Colbert's joust with Monday guest, Neil deGrasse Tyson couldn't quite match.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2023

Viserys had told her stories of the tourneys he had witnessed in the Seven Kingdoms, but Dany had never seen a joust herself.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin