as in to fight
of knights in the Middle Ages
to engage in battle on horseback with lances
The knights jousted against each other.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Earlier during Thursday’s hearing, Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg and Aidala jousted over the timing of a new trial, with the judge setting a date for March — a month earlier than the prosecution had wanted.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
Heading into a road trip that will send them to Dallas to stare down the Stars and then to Vegas for a joust with the Golden Knights, the Ducks’ current four-game winning streak matches their strongest surge from all of last season.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 5 Nov. 2025
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Verb
To get fans without a firm handle on Westeros history up to speed, Concepcion and Johnsen get behind microphones to guide fans on a journey with Dunk and Egg to a jousting tournament at Ashford Meadow.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Earlier during Thursday’s hearing, Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg and Aidala jousted over the timing of a new trial, with the judge setting a date for March — a month earlier than the prosecution had wanted.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
The two creatively joust as the story changes: Juliet does not kill herself, but rather runs off to Paris with her nurse and a bestie.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
Heading into a road trip that will send them to Dallas to stare down the Stars and then to Vegas for a joust with the Golden Knights, the Ducks’ current four-game winning streak matches their strongest surge from all of last season.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 5 Nov. 2025
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Verb
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When her parents fought, Roberts Giuffre would huddle with her little brother, covering his ears.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Mayweather has fought in eight exhibition matches since, the last one coming against John Gotti III — the grandson of infamous mob boss John Gotti — in Mexico City in August 2024.—
Matt Schubert,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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In a duel of the top two teams in the West Coast Conference standings, Gonzaga (25-2, 13-1 WCC) spoiled the Broncos’ best start to a season since 1969-70.—
Jeff Faraudo,
Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Edgecombe hit three 3-pointers during his scoring barrage in the first semifinal to win his duel with Charlotte’s Kon Knueppel, who scored just four points.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Eden Prairie pulled away after Prior Lake kept battling back in the other quarterfinal.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
19 Feb. 2026
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But this bot was battling more than just uneven sidewalks and other barriers.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Many local police departments began to rethink their approach to the weapons following violent confrontations with protesters over the 2020 police killing of George Floyd.—
Natasha Korecki,
NBC news,
14 Feb. 2026
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What was once a forum for engaged — sometimes heated — debate has, critics argue, become a stage for viral confrontation.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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The question is whether leaders are willing to use them not as stages, but as workshops for ideas, as places to wrestle honestly with the hardest questions and decisions of our time.—
Alan H.H. Fleischmann,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Freedom wrestled without two starters but still managed to score its first FHSAA duals wrestling state quarterfinal victory against Wellington on Friday.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Forward Kelly Pannek, moving with the puck behind the goal, found defenseman Cayla Barles alone on the right face-off circle.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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Centres come at a significant premium cost, and there’s a fair bit of regard for Hayton around the industry given his versatility, face-off winning ability, power-play utility and doggedness.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The confrontation turned into a fistfight, and as her daughter was walking back into their house, someone shot her in the back.—
Joy Benedict,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The pursuers yelled taunts, threw bottles, and expected the two women to settle their differences with a fistfight, according to court records.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Yankees started their slugfest in style against the Rays, as Judge’s big fly traveled 429 feet to the batter’s eye at Steinbrenner Field.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
20 Aug. 2025
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Hunter Henry, Austin Hooper, Jack Westover Notes: It’s been a slow, ugly slugfest among the backup tight ends to see who can win the No. 3 job.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Joust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joust. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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