sparring match
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Over the weekend, he posted a long message complaining that the New York Times was planning to report that he’d gotten roughed up, injuring his shoulder, in a sparring match with an agency jujitsu instructor.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2025
Last summer, Morant called for a Christmas rematch, and after he had a brief Twitter sparring match with Warriors forward Draymond Green, the NBA granted his wish.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 25, 2022
In 1929, Fitzgerald was the timekeeper in a sparring match between Hemingway and the Canadian novelist Morley Callaghan, who years earlier served on the staff at The Toronto Star with Hemingway.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
At the weekend, the Ukraine squad held what they described as a "sparring match" with one team playing in the "style of the Scottish national team".
From BBC ● May 31, 2022
This enabled the sailor lads to enjoy many a fine sparring match on the forward deck.
From The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Frank Gee Patchin
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