as in boxers
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists
the two punch-drunk gladiators stumbled to their corners
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Recent Examples of gladiators
Roman emperors used gladiators to do just that.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2026
Thus, in a moment celebrated by the poet Martial in his Liber de Spectaculis, the emperor Titus freed two gladiators on the opening day of the Colosseum.
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Cullen Murphy,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
These modern-day gladiators like to unwind by swapping Pikachus for Charmanders.
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Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
The find also suggests female beast hunters persisted for several decades longer than female gladiators who fought other people, Manas says.
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Taylor Mitchell Brown,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
The stories of gladiators and the sheer size of the arena captivate younger imaginations in a way few other sites can.
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Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
Part of the appeal of female gladiators was their very paradoxical nature.
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Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
At roughly 1,800 years old, the artwork depicts women fighting animals long after the empire banned them from performing as gladiators.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
1 Apr. 2026
Truck traditionalists and forum gladiators will argue this, of course.
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New Atlas,
31 Mar. 2026
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2026
Thus, in a moment celebrated by the poet Martial in his Liber de Spectaculis, the emperor Titus freed two gladiators on the opening day of the Colosseum.
—
Cullen Murphy,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
These modern-day gladiators like to unwind by swapping Pikachus for Charmanders.
—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
The find also suggests female beast hunters persisted for several decades longer than female gladiators who fought other people, Manas says.
—
Taylor Mitchell Brown,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
The stories of gladiators and the sheer size of the arena captivate younger imaginations in a way few other sites can.
—
Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
Part of the appeal of female gladiators was their very paradoxical nature.
—
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
At roughly 1,800 years old, the artwork depicts women fighting animals long after the empire banned them from performing as gladiators.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
1 Apr. 2026
Truck traditionalists and forum gladiators will argue this, of course.
—
New Atlas,
31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gladiators
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Enter the brothers Moon, a troubled pair of Korean immigrant boxers who’ve carved out a life for themselves in the City of Angels, far away from the Beverly Hills mansions and Hollywood royalty of last season.
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The new documentary follows Louis through his upbringing in Alabama and Detroit, rise through the ranks of American boxing in the 1930s and bouts with Schmeling, a German heavyweight who was considered one of the world's best boxers at the time.
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Some of the young fighters and their coach spoke with CBS News Chicago about the impact the program has inside and outside the ring.
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Though Hezbollah has largely been more effective this year than in the 2024 conflict, the recent fighting in Lebanon was just as imbalanced as two years ago, with thousands of Hezbollah fighters being killed at the cost of a few dozen Israeli military troops.
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