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dueling

verb

variants or duelling

present participle of duel

as in fighting

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Knight has spent much of his main roster run accusing Reigns and the Bloodline of using strength in numbers without fighting fair fights.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Last week, two firefighters died fighting a fire on Crete and a third was killed in the Peloponnese.

— Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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Then the team didn’t make any serious additions at the 2024 deadline even though the Twins were contending for a wild-card spot, a decision that backfired when a club that was 70-53 collapsed, losing 29 of 41 games and missing the playoffs.

— Dan Hayes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
The team figures to be sellers at the deadline and Holmes is certainly someone that a few contending teams would want on their roster.

— Mike Barner, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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Joe died on June 27, 2018, at the age of 89 after battling terminal cancer.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2026
Fire crews continued to make progress battling three wildfires overnight, strengthening containment lines and mopping up a spot fire, an incident commander said Tuesday.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026

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Winner of the Envision Award, which is provided to a project that explores the complexities of shared society by combating prejudice and hate.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
Calaveras County Sheriff Rachelle Whiting declared a local state of emergency, allowing the county to seek greater state assistance in combatting the fire and mitigating damages.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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Every court now wrestling with preemption is really wrestling with that silence, and silence, at this volume, is a decision someone will eventually have to make out loud.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Democrats voting in primaries this month in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota are wrestling with a question that has divided the party going back at least to 2016.

— Tamara Keith, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

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But the start of the working week in Israel finds its leader grappling with setbacks in both areas.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Changing decades of history About 7 miles south, Drew Thrasher’s community is grappling with its own safety perceptions.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

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