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dueling

verb

variants or duelling

present participle of duel

as in fighting

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Knight has spent much of his main roster run accusing Reigns and the Bloodline of using strength in numbers without fighting fair fights.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Last week, two firefighters died fighting a fire on Crete and a third was killed in the Peloponnese.

— Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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Then the team didn’t make any serious additions at the 2024 deadline even though the Twins were contending for a wild-card spot, a decision that backfired when a club that was 70-53 collapsed, losing 29 of 41 games and missing the playoffs.

— Dan Hayes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
The team figures to be sellers at the deadline and Holmes is certainly someone that a few contending teams would want on their roster.

— Mike Barner, Forbes.com, 31 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

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Although attendees represented a wide variety of job functions, most work in areas such as moderating online communities, developing and enforcing platform safety policies, combating fraud and abuse and protecting children online.

— Larry Magid, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
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

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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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But the start of the working week in Israel finds its leader grappling with setbacks in both areas.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Changing decades of history About 7 miles south, Drew Thrasher’s community is grappling with its own safety perceptions.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

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