sparring
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The King watched two young fighters sparring in the ring at the academy which trains boys and girls from the age of eight to 18 years old.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The sparring over those two issues will continue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Polymarket was one of the early entrants in the prediction markets sector, and has been sparring with Kalshi to be the top operator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Fury's seventh-round victory over Wach was heavily criticised by some but it was effectively a public sparring session designed to keep Fury active and keep his name in the conversation.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
They walked from the sparring room in silence.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
Instead of the sparrings playing against the first team, for example, Sampaoli has introduced a mixed set of training sessions, where under-20s and first team train together.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2017
These gentlemen had had some sparrings in debate before, and continued ever very hostile to each other.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
In spite of sundry little sparrings, Johnson fully appreciated Goldsmith's genius.
From Samuel Johnson by Sir Leslie Stephen
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