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 rival gangs fought and retaliated against each other both before and after Shakur's death.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Families and staff fought the plan for months, worried that the closures would disproportionately affect minority, low-income and special education students and harm all students’ academic and social well-being.
    — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of fought
Verb
  • Bannister also battled with Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Hilton battled sepsis and other complications after taking flu medication that caused a perforated ulcer.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of battled
Verb
  • The year 1933, Arendt contended, marked the close of the age of bourgeois emancipation and Jewish liberation, which brought an end to a feeling of security in the West and signaled that the new sense of security in the East was a pipe dream.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The union’s original grievance, the city contended, only challenged Biscari’s suspension pending resolution of his criminal case — not the underlying disciplinary action for the crash itself.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of contended
Verb
  • High winds and hilly terrain complicated efforts by firefighters, who combated the blazes with firetrucks and bulldozers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • High winds and hilly terrain complicated efforts by firefighters, who combated the blazes with fire trucks and bulldozers.
    — Caroline Blumberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of combated
Verb
  • Police wrestled him down, and Fauci, dressed in his white lab coat, bolted downstairs.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And while Frog in Boiling Water wrestled with political anxiety and environmental collapse, ZIRP!
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrestled
Verb
  • Christian and Emmett, now 9 and 11, were home for summer break while her beloved white-and-tan corgis tussled nearby.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 30 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
  • Tufts saw Clancy 14 times between September 2022 to January 2023, repeatedly adjusting her prescriptions as Clancy grappled with anxiety, depression and insomnia.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Why this is the case is the essential mystery geomorphologists have grappled with ever since.
    — Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of grappled
Verb
  • Some pushed against barricades and scuffled with police, who responded by firing tear gas rounds, using water cannon and beating them with batons, TV footage showed.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of scuffled
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