single combat

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The single combat involves swinging a conker -- a hardened horse chestnut -- on a string at your opponent's nut with murderous venom, until one is smashed to pieces.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Project Convergence reflects the need to rapidly merge a variety of assets — both in the air and on the ground — into a single combat element, the focus of the new training regime.

From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2020

While it’s fun to harp on individual matchups, bouts of single combat rarely tell the whole story.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2019

At the time, no one realized that the space race was single combat revived in a slightly, but only slightly, new form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2016

"I have twenty thousand men. You are besieged by land and sea. Why would I choose single combat when my eventual victory is certain?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin