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dueled

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past tense of duel

as in fought

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The latest reminder came 42 minutes into Thursday’s hearing in a Louisiana district court in which more than 30 athletes fought to be included within the NCAA rule change that effectively gave every athlete five years to play five seasons.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
In an address late Thursday, Milei reasserted Argentina’s claim to the islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, which the United Kingdom has controlled since 1833 and over which the two countries fought a war in the early 1980s.

— Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of fought

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Saturday against the Rockies, Lee battled through a 12-pitch at-bat before shooting a dart into the right-field corner.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
In the day’s later National Women’s Soccer League match, the Chicago Stars battled back to tie the Portland Thorns 1-1.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of battled

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Penn State regularly contended for New Year’s Six bowls but lost the close, important games so often that fans braced for heartbreak.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The museum has contended California’s new law is unconstitutional, which California is contesting.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of contended

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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

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On the other end, Heckman wrestled with the moral predicament of giving airtime to a potential murderer while hoping to keep Hall alive.

— Dave Itzkoff, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
After the deputy attempted to block Reaves from retrieving the gun, a struggle ensued and Reaves wrestled the weapon away from Raczkowski.

— Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of wrestled

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After Lewandowski tussled with Inter Miami defender Ian Fray, De Paul approached Lewandowski aggressively and proceeded to recite the latest accomplishments on his résumé.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Madden tussled with the co-op, at one point unsuccessfully trying to buy the fourth-floor apartment to make a duplex of her own.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of tussled

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Following the 9/11 attacks, the entertainment industry grappled with when and how to return to programming.

— Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
OpenAI officials learned of the incident weeks ago but kept it under wraps as executives grappled with the fallout from the July breach of the open source repository Hugging Face, the people said.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of grappled

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Cavan rushed to aid his brother and scuffled with Miami midfielder Yannick Bright.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
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

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