sparred
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Tanden has finished up her marathon day with an appearance on CNN; she sparred with Scott Jennings about Donald Trump’s flagging poll numbers.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
The neighbors have sparred before, but as our Washington coverage chief Damian Paletta notes, “Canada is punching and counterpunching with a swagger that I’ve never seen from them before.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
I could tell by the narrow line of Maxim’s mouth, and I wondered if brothers and sisters always sparred like this, making it uncomfortable for those who listened.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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