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

Ed Power wrote in The Telegraph the "60-minute conversation was less a sparring match between Morgan and Fiona Harvey than a dreary question-and-answer session".

From BBC • May 10, 2024

And their reunion opens old wounds, morphing into a living-room sparring match in what Casal calls “our ‘Love & Basketball’ episode.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023

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

Even Hal Vincent, well as he knew Jack Beavers, was greatly surprised when he was told the next day that the space was devoted to booming a recent sparring match.

From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]