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dueling

verb

variants or duelling

present participle of duel

as in fighting

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Rather than fighting strict local regulations head-on, companies like Waymo, Zoox, and Aurora are prioritizing states with explicit legislative preemption that prevents individual cities from banning the technology.

— Andrew Hawkins, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2026
The procedure had already been approved, and everyone involved understood that my doctor had spent months fighting to secure authorization.

— Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

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The Netflix film, which premiered at New York Film Festival earlier this month, is one of 10 Oscar-contending feature documentaries included in Doc Stories’ lineup.

— Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Forecasting the Field The Olivias are contending for the top spots this year.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

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In states and industries battling a persistently tight labor market, that advantage is hard to overstate.

— Maha Jweied, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
The damage will be felt worldwide, not only in the countries leading AI’s development but in the many now battling to supply them with inputs, as well.

— RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of battling

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Unions can also be powerful tools for combating racial pay discrimination; the new report shows tripling union membership would narrow the racial wage gap by more than a third.

— Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Selick says that being hyper-focused on any drug is a distraction in combating the opioid crisis.

— Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026

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Benjamin Satterley, known to wrestling fans around the world as Pac, died last month of bronchial asthma, the medical examiner’s office in Cook County, Illinois, confirmed Friday.

— Rudy Chinchilla, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026
Inside the school Giamanco saw a woman wrestling with the boy for control of the shotgun.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of wrestling

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Back in Bend, Cook, the district superintendent at Bend-La Pine Schools, spent Friday with staff at the school who are grappling with the devastating aftermath.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Seyfried gets defensive about this, grappling with her own complicated feelings about playing a real person on film.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

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