dueled

verb

variants or duelled
past tense of duel
as in fought

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dueled
  1. fought
  2. battled
  3. contended
  4. combated
  5. wrestled
  6. tussled
  7. grappled
  8. scuffled
Verb
  • The war’s new weapon What began as a ground war has evolved into a battle increasingly fought from the air.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • The king successfully fought a hundred men and emerged victorious, but not before killing Antinous in Sinon’s name.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of fought
Verb
  • Argentina battled shorthanded, but the Porro-Williams-Torres connection was enough for Spain to lift the trophy; that trio will be toasted from Barcelona to Seville for decades.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 20 July 2026
  • That was not the case for Sonny Gray on Sunday, but the veteran battled through and got the job done anyway.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026
Definition of battled
Verb
  • Lopez cited confidentiality concerns and contended that the DA office’s pursuit of Cybergenetics could be a tactic to glean insight from the defense.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • Some reports, meanwhile, have even contended that AI has had no substantive impact on jobs so far.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 15 July 2026
Definition of contended
Verb
  • Television footage showed black smoke billowing out of windows on the fourth floor, as firefighters combated the fire at the scene.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 June 2026
  • That will surely improve with time, but for now, KAT and the Knicks have recognized it and combated it appropriately.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 June 2026
Definition of combated
Verb
  • Tempers flared late in the fourth quarter when Kings center Dylan Cardwell and Nets guard Egor Demin wrestled for a loose ball.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026
  • The shooting may have been worse if not for the actions of a Muslim immigrant from Syria who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of wrestled
Verb
  • Jackson, who has repeatedly tussled with Thomas on race questions, wrote a separate concurrence.
    — Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Over the past month, the administration has tussled with Anthropic and OpenAI over releasing their latest models to the public.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 29 June 2026
Definition of tussled
Verb
  • From the Constitutional Convention onward, Americans have grappled with what to do about political parties.
    — Andy Craig, Washington Post, 15 July 2026
  • Lucky’s and Cary’s faces are on the news, and FBI agent Billie Rand (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor), who had previously grappled with John and Priscilla, is now after their kids.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026
Definition of grappled
Verb
  • Royals starter Noah Cameron scuffled early throwing 58 pitches in the first two innings before settling down for a seven-strikeout performance.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
  • Kupcho scuffled to a second-round 73 after carding the only 66 of the tournament so far on Thursday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 June 2026
Definition of scuffled
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