dueled

variants or duelled
past tense of duel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dueled
Verb
  • Cordelia Tuan, 32, of Detroit, who spoke outside of the Central Station, also raised concern with the shutdown and the ending of Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies being fought over amid it.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The film shares the experiences, memories, and post-traumatic stress of women warriors who fought in Gaza and Lebanon.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jones has battled oblique and rib issues, but said he’s been through worse, such as playing every snap of his 2021 rookie season in New England.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Lakisha battled and beat breast cancer when Mitchell was in high school.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The letter writers contended that such carnage on screens negatively influenced vulnerable children.
    Time, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization (AFL-CIO) has long contended that some employers exploit H-1B visas to cut costs.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Long before the creation of DEI departments formally driving pedagogy in public schools, the ADL had proudly hailed itself as an organization that combatted antisemitism and other forms of bigotry.
    Sahar Mustafah August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The Grammy winner combated the high temperatures in Long Beach by wearing a pair of open micro-denim shorts and a white T-shirt that’s part of her album merchandise, and covered her growing baby bump.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • Generations of Americans have wrestled with the meaning and reality of the American Revolution, our national origin story.
    Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The justices also wrestled with the role of science in the debate, with several conservatives questioning whether there was, in fact, sufficient evidence that talk therapy aimed at helping a child change his or her identity was harmful.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The only other time two 40-year-old starting QBs tussled was when the New Orleans Saints’ Drew Brees took down Tom Brady’s Bucs twice in the 2020 regular season, but Brady had the last laugh beating Brees in the playoffs en route to winning the Super Bowl.
    Coy Wire, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The singer’s blond hair was tussled into a messy updo with strands of hair to frame Jackson’s face.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Café Lisbeth hosts exhibitions on themes of transience and how humans have grappled with life’s passages throughout history.
    Diana Hubbell, Saveur, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The project is a labor of love for Meyer, who grappled with his own travails acclimating back to civilian life after two deployments to Iraq.
    La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The offense has scuffled, but the defense has been fantastic.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
  • In Montpellier, in the southwest, police scuffled with protesters who had set up a barricade to block traffic at a roundabout.
    Stephane Mahe, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Dueled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dueled. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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