dueling

variants or duelling
present participle of duel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dueling
Verb
  • Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.
    Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The event, launched in 1982, celebrates the freedom to read and express ideas and emphasizes the importance of fighting censorship.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yet Harris discovered that being a good soldier doesn’t necessarily help when the vice president is contending for the highest elective office in the land.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As the New York Knicks gear up for what could be a title-contending season in 2025-26, the head coach that led them to their most success this century was spotted several time zones away.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Get a few friends together and form your own version of girl group HUNTR/X and spend your Halloween battling supernatural forces while maintaining your pop stardom.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • San Rafael, California — Whether battling a wildfire, chasing a suspect, or helping someone with a traumatic injury – the firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and others who take action in emergencies regularly endure high levels of stress.
    Kathleen Toner, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Radiation Works on Knee Pain a Few Ways Low-dose radiation therapy is thought to ease knee pain by combating inflammation, says Austin Kirschner, MD, PhD, an associate professor of radiation oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This all comes amid multiple feuds between the ADL and several Christian conservatives, including podcasters Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, and concerns over the rise in antisemitism and whether free speech is being stifled in the name of combating it.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate are now wrestling under different monikers as part of their new masked gimmick.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • With Austin Reaves shooing Hachimura off-stage and playfully wrestling the mic away.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While authenticity and accessibility are being explored and celebrated right now in sports, the leaders in these spheres are still grappling with the direction and guardrails that may need to be put in place to ensure that athletes and fans are both protected.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Fed is grappling with where to set a key interest rate at a time of conflicting signals, with inflation running above its 2% target and hiring nearly ground to a halt, driving the unemployment rate higher in August.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Dueling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dueling. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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