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noun

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Recent Examples of joust
Verb
Many content creators have engaged in analyses of the feud and the discourse ought to hit a new level when the lyrical joust receives the full documentary treatment. Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 8 Oct. 2024 The pair spectacularly fell out at the back end of last year, amid a series of less than edifying verbal jousts. Dan Cancian, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
The last team left at the jousting location earns themselves a 10-minute penalty and that team is unfortunately Brett and Mark. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 7 May 2025 Due to factors such as a 1536 jousting accident, His Majesty (Henry was the first monarch to insist on the title) put on a few pounds. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for joust
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joust
Verb
  • The city argued the policy was confidential, and would interfere with the department’s ability to fight crime.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
  • For Coetzee, Speaking in Tongues is part of a larger project of fighting the hegemony of English in world literature.
    Carey Baraka, The Dial, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • In 2025, that efficiency narrative hit center stage: the NBA Finals featured a dramatic and entertaining duel between two small market NBA teams.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • However, the Pirates-Brewers game features one of the best the pitchers duels of the year with Paul Skenes going up against Jacob Misiorowski.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Six engines, one water tender and two hand crews will continue to battle the fire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
  • As mechanized as a race — or a movie — can feel, success or failure hinge on the human element, the hero battling the gremlins in the machine.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Video of the meeting showed the confrontation began during a confusing moment in the session.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
  • Reactive dogs deserve patience and distance, not judgment or confrontation.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Back then, traveling meant paying close attention to the roads, road signs, mile markers and more, all while wrestling with the flimsy paper map.
    Jason Foodman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Two of them wrestled on the grass, and a few climbed onto a twisted tree trunk to pose for a group photo that would be sent to the owners.
    Steve Lopez, Mercury News, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Her face-off with Natalie is clangorously funny, but also something of a letdown.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 June 2025
  • The face-off, which polls suggest is essentially between ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, could stretch days as other candidates are eliminated in the instant runoff and the two men vie for a majority of votes.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • During their subsequent fistfight high above the fortress, Duke delivered the decisive headbutt that sent Lyle plunging to his death off the sofa back.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
  • Stir with a fistfight at Thanksgiving dinner, a kidnapping and a frantic road trip.
    Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • From there, the two threw caution to the wind and engaged in a slugfest that Abdul-Malik got the best of.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • This all leads, of course, to the slugfest promised by the film’s title.
    EW.com, EW.com, 8 May 2025

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“Joust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joust. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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