spar
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An Irish boxer has said Kendrick Lamar is welcome to spar with him anytime at his home gym.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
It was US President Donald Trump's 80th birthday and the eve of his departure for the G7 summit in the French spar town of Evian-les-Bains.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
The county is trying to buy the land, while some of the parties spar in the courts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Throughout the tense exchange in Justice Samuel Alito’s concurrence and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent, they spar over when the clock of the rule of law should start and stop.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
At their Test the next afternoon, Celaena stood in the training hall with her arms crossed, watching Cain spar with Grave.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
Have Anthropic and the Trump administration sparred before?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
For more than 15 years he has trained under Peter Fury and sparred Tyson Fury, Dillian Whyte and UFC champion Tom Aspinall.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
In an extraordinary scene, the two presidents sparred on national television about the usually off-limits subjects of human rights and the Tiananmen crackdown.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The defense secretary sparred with Democrats over his handling of the war in Iran and management of the Pentagon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
So as I danced and sparred with Emma I looked over the party for a second choice.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Video footage showed her sparring with two younger eagles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Remarkably, the only time they have ever shared a ring was during a sparring session at Finchley Amateur Boxing Club in 2010.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
A video taken shortly before her rescue showed Jackie sparring with two younger eagles, as she flipped on her back to ward them off with her talons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
In the A.I. age, Maggie Hennessy asserts, sparring with a grouchy maître d’ over the phone is part of what makes dining out great.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Ten of the penguins now formed in a semicircle as Nelson and Columbus in their midst put on a wild sparring contest.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
Vocabulary lists containing spar
"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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