joust
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A banner for House Tully can be seen during the joust at the end of Episode 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
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
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
"There will be one final joust, be-tween the Hound and the Knight of Flowers."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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Perhaps they’ll even find more cosmic jousts — enough to make a whole tournament!
From Space Scoop ● May 21, 2025
History shows they’ve acted as statesmen in times of crisis before and temporarily paused their jousts on social media and in the courts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
Thirteen years on from his untimely death, the influence of the continent's most charismatic star is enduringly felt when Europe take on the USA in their biennial jousts.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
Mr. Doocy is a reliable needler of Mr. Biden, although the president often appears more amused than angered by their jousts.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
Sir Kay managed to get them on the way to the lists at least an hour before the jousts could possibly begin.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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The White House has jousted with Beijing on trade but reached a broad truce with China after a major escalation last spring.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Fleetwood and Thomas jousted through the back nine and also made it to the last all square.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
Medieval English knights donned armor, mounted highly trained horses, and jousted with long lances in spectacular ritual combats.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 21, 2024
Tesla and plaintiff attorneys jousted in the runup about what evidence and arguments each side could make.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2023
Malcolm X’s growing respect for individual whites seemed to be reserved for those who ignored on a personal basis the things he said about whites and who jousted with him as a man.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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TV commercials showed construction workers jousting with FatMaxes, and Stanley sued copycat competitors for alleged patent infringement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
These include regional fisheries bodies and the International Seabed Authority -- the forum where nations are jousting over proposed rules on the environmentally destructive deep-sea mining industry.
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
And like sword fights, jousting is never not entertaining.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
I groaned to see a giant fork and spoon mounted on the kitchen wall of one of Marvin’s for-sale properties, then smiled when the silverware got ripped down and repurposed as jousting weapons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
The battle was followed by the day’s first folly, a tilt between a pair of jousting dwarfs, presented by one of the Yunkish lords that Hizdahr had invited to the games.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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