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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Recent Examples of joust
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
His unique beak-jousting technique, which enabled him to quickly displace his rivals.
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ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Queta will grasp, claw and joust with anyone near him.
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Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Verb
After this rather violent courtship, the female enters the den, and the pair spends several days living together, often jousting.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
His unique beak-jousting technique, which enabled him to quickly displace his rivals.
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ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
The joust is thrilling, both for the attendees watching and for those of us at home.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Queta will grasp, claw and joust with anyone near him.
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Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for joust
Verb
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Starmer has vowed to fight any leadership contest, deepening the sense of crisis within the Labour Party.
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Police said the bail agent and driver fought, and the agent fired one round, with the bullet striking the suspect in the arm.
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The African team possessed the ball 52% of the time, had 563 accurate passes (92%) to Argentina’s 504 (90%) and held a 43-39 advantage in duels won.
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What gets all the attention is the duel between me and a few of them.
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Crews are battling a massive fire in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Wednesday night, and residents near the blaze are being asked to evacuate their homes.
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The Cal Fire Santa Clara Unit and Spring Valley Volunteer Fire Department joined SJFD in battling the blaze.
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But our three-way confrontation was still far from over.
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Muldur was in the middle of the confrontation in stoppage time in the first half that led to Galarza's ejection.
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Nearly 50 years later, the IRS and courts are still wrestling with how that exception applies to modern entities, including LLCs, LLPs, and foreign partnership-like structures that were not contemplated when the rule was drafted.
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Another clip shows people wrestling and exchanging blows in knee-deep water as bystanders shout and record the chaos on their phones.
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Messi began the face-off yesterday by scoring twice at lunchtime in Dallas, but Mbappe and Haaland appeared to see that as a personal affront, matching him as the sun set in Philadelphia and New Jersey.
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After a contentious Republican runoff in Georgia, the stage is set for a major face-off that will be watched by the nation.
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Its satirical video, depicting politicians descending into an all-out fistfight, proved especially prescient during the fevered atmosphere of the 2016 election cycle.
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Dilliehunt and Bland were shot and killed during a fistfight on the 1600 block of 83rd Avenue in Oakland, which the surviving victims claim started with an argument over a parking spot.
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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.
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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.
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