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dueling

verb

variants or duelling

present participle of duel

as in fighting

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While defending ALPRs as a useful crime-fighting tool, leaders said Friday that recent and older breaches of the system have cast doubt on Flock security.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2026
And with grants Hartwell and others have found, Frazier McCollum has taken her message to Black communities fighting data center growth in Atlanta, Memphis and even across the globe in Zambia.

— Jenny Abamu, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026

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To shoot their Oscar-contending film Still Standing, directors Víctor Tadashi Suárez and Livia Albeck-Ripka donned hazmat suits – for good reason.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2026
In the eyes of Lakers coach JJ Redick, each game the Lakers (5-2) play is a step in a process aimed at becoming a championship-contending team.

— Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

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The four candidates are battling to represent the Midwest’s only majority-Latino district, which covers much of Chicago’s Southwest Side and stretches into the western suburbs, including parts of Berwyn, Brookfield, Hinsdale and Melrose Park.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
In the 8th Senate District that covers Avon, Canton, Simsbury, and towns north to the Massachusetts border, first-term Democrat Paul Honig is battling against Republican Mike Criss, the Harwinton first selectman since 2011.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026

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In her first statement, Stewart told Page Six that she has been committed to combating homelessness via charity and will continue to work toward making a difference.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Born in Palestine but displaced to Egypt as a child because of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, the righteous but mild-mannered Odeh dedicated his adult life to combating discrimination against his people in America.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026

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In the decades that followed, as the original economists interpreted and reinterpreted Smith, wrestling with the relationships between renters and their landlords, the free market and the state, Maria grappled right along with them.

— Jeanna Smialek, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Christians and many other religious Americans have been wrestling with their relationship with animals and the ethics of eating meat since the 19th century.

— Adrienne Krone, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2026

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Masterfully told through letters, journals, interview transcripts and monologues, the monumental 600-page story placed me deep in the psyches of men grappling with the unceasing threat of violence.

— Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
Despite the beery bonhomie and singalong-friendly simplicity of their tunes, the Twisted Teens are grappling with an increasingly complex tangle of contradictions and tensions.

— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026

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