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dueling

verb

variants or duelling

present participle of duel

as in fighting

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As a result, the Fed’s attention is now fixed on fighting inflation, instead of the other part of its dual mandate, namely supporting the labor market.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
For France, long accustomed to wildfires along arid stretches of the Atlantic and Mediterranean, the devastation in Le Porge has yielded rare consensus that its fire safety system is not up to fighting mega-fires brought on by climate change.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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Boston Bruins The Bruins have an average at best roster and farm system, and trying to win while rebuilding on the fly is something that usually backfires more often than leading to a contending team.

— Corey Pronman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Kiley turned the criticism around, contending that his willingness to work with both parties was a strength.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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Her path is profoundly reshaped by an encounter with Mari (Okamoto), a Japanese theater director battling cancer.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Emergency services have been battling wildfires driven by an intensifying El Nino pattern and a prolonged dry season, generating dense smoke that crossed into Malaysia and Brunei, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.

— Muhammad Hatta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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The fastest-growing category now is NAD+ — a coenzyme central to mitochondrial energy production and DNA repair — sold as boosting energy, combating aging and enhancing recovery.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
In later years, Parton and her charitable Dollywood Foundation were active in charitable work encouraging literacy and combating the spread of HIV and AIDS.

— Chris Morris, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

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Newly restored and directed by Greaves’ son David, the film captures the group’s reminiscing, arguing, and wrestling with how culture survives across generations.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
But who needs to worry about whether your own front door is locked when the preferred strategy is to go around kicking in everyone else’s doors, wrestling with them on their own front lawns, then declaring victory over them 152 times (and counting)?

— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2026

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The documents land as the US itself is grappling with slipping vaccination rates and unbridled measles outbreaks, which have killed two people, including a newborn, this year.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Virtually every large business is grappling with surging AI token costs.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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