Thesaurus results for DUELLING

dueling

verb

variants or duelling

present participle of duel

as in fighting

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Karen Huger is sober, Wendy Osefo is fighting to reclaim her reputation, Tia’s husband is cheating on her, and Ashley Darby remains committed to the sacred constitutional right to be in everybody’s business but her own.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
More than 8,000 of his employees are fighting Russian forces.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026

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In December 2021, however, the DOL under the Biden administration issued a supplemental statement, contending that most plan fiduciaries were not suited to evaluate alternative investments, given their complexity and high risk.

— Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
But if Saturday’s 2-0 loss to Spain at Audi Field was any indication, the Americans still have a ways to go before contending for their fifth World Cup title.

— Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026

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In Congo, where the outbreak has spread to seven provinces, responders are battling some of the worst conditions imaginable.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
The story reimagines the former child stars as reluctant heroes battling a conspiracy that’s warping the very fabric of fame.

— Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

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In May, Meta laid off ten percent of its workforce, including members of its investigations team, which had been instrumental in combating online influence operations.

— RENÉE DIRESTA, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
In this and subsequent Narnia books, Aslan leads his young followers in combating and defeating evil.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

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The town has spent years wrestling with how to reduce aircraft noise, including past efforts to impose curfews and restrictions becoming tied up in court.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Why attendance is the number to watch Even in a traditional school year, districts across Texas have been wrestling with chronic absenteeism since COVID-19.

— Lina Ruiz October 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of wrestling

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Set in 2012, 18 years after the genocide against the Tutsi, the film unfolds in a Rwandan village where survivors and perpetrators are grappling with the process of reconciliation.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
The movie is yet another entry in a growing genre of anti-oligarch cinema that has filmmakers grappling with the billionaire takeover of our economy and politics.

— Sheelah Kolhatkar, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

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