bout
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His final bout was a split decision loss to Mitch Raposo at UFC Fight Night 279 in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
He wrote in 2024 about a bout with West Nile virus that left him in the hospital and struggling to remember facts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
SpaceX is set to report earnings for the first time as a public company next Tuesday — potentially setting the sector up for a fresh bout of volatility.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
One more knockdown, one astonishing comeback and a second-round knockout later, the blockbuster bout was revived.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
He was one of those guys who has just come through a bout of adolescent acne into a scarred, masculine, bad-boy face.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
At this point, investors have grown accustomed to brief bouts of volatility — spurred by tariffs, the war with Iran or creeping worries about the payoff on artificial-intelligence-related investments.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Prenga, now based in New Jersey, has won 20 pro bouts by knockout and lost once, but the 35-year-old has not faced anyone close to Joshua's level.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But there is little in the public record to document this, other than items in the gossip pages about their golf bouts.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
The parasitic disease has made thousands of people sick with debilitating bouts of diarrhea this summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The first step would be to isolate the bouts in question: those fought on a tournament’s final day between a wrestler on the bubble and a wrestler who has already secured his eighth win.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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