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dueling

verb

variants or duelling

present participle of duel

as in fighting

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Residents are fighting a proposal to build 192 apartments in seven buildings on a vacant slope near the Oceanside-Vista border just south of state Route 78.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026
That video cast Perry as a solider fighting battle in wartime scenes.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

Definition of fighting

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The options for contending teams looking to bolster their catching position on the trade market were already thin before Langeliers’ injury.

— Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 26 July 2026
But again, many contending teams are in desperate need of relief pitching.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

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Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, who announced the deaths to lawmakers in the National Assembly, said the firefighters had been battling a building fire in Mérignac, a suburb of Bordeaux where the city’s airport in located.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
So at minimum, that should lead to a division playoff race with six teams battling for, at most, five spots.

— Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of battling

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Cambodia will host an international conference on combating cyber scams in September, Hun Manet said in a post on his Telegram social media account.

— Sopheng Cheang, Fortune, 22 July 2026
India expressed concern over China’s role in combating terrorism after the latter once again blocked India’s proposals to the UNSC to designate Masood Azhar as a terrorist in 2016 and 2017.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026

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But there’s a difference between narrating crime scenes at a remove and wrestling with the lingering morality of it all.

— Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
Others can point to the Attitude Era and the Monday Night Wars as some of the most impactful moments that have transcended wrestling itself.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026

Definition of wrestling

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The remarks struck a nerve in a country grappling with persistently high youth unemployment and quickly became a rallying cry for a generation that says it feels ignored by those in power.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
At 19, Danitra Grays was grappling with postpartum depression, caring for her newborn daughter, Naiyla, and struggling with anxious thoughts that weighed heavily on her mind.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

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