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
ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
The fair features jousting tournaments, battle reenactments, themed entertainment and artisan vendors.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Queta will grasp, claw and joust with anyone near him.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Verb
His unique beak-jousting technique, which enabled him to quickly displace his rivals.
—ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
The fair features jousting tournaments, battle reenactments, themed entertainment and artisan vendors.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
The joust is thrilling, both for the attendees watching and for those of us at home.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Queta will grasp, claw and joust with anyone near him.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for joust
Verb
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The Steelers will likely win around 10 games and once again be fighting into the final weeks of the season for a playoff berth.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The Warsh view A concern with Miran's approach is that, if the Fed keeps looking through supply shocks, markets and the public will doubt its inflation-fighting credibility.—
Matt Peterson,Steve Liesman,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Greene later raced toward the line and made a sliding grab on a foul ball, preserving the scoreless duel as neither offense could break through early.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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That means another duel between arguably the two best quarterbacks in the NFL in Mahomes and Allen.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Giménez battled for 11 pitches, fouling off six, in Schlittler’s final inning.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The Falcons finished their second OTA session under coach Kevin Stefanski on Tuesday, battling patented summer heat in their first open-to-media viewing period of full-team practice.—
Daniel Flick,
AJC.com,
20 May 2026
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As the confrontation escalated, the man can be seen in the video taking his glasses off and becoming physically aggressive toward two of the crew members.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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Some candidate narratives also push back on the article’s suggestion that voters have little appetite for ideological confrontation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
Verb
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Fortunately the wig has had a second outing with Fouracres donning it again in Episode 7, when his parody Attenborough turned up to wrestle a discontented rhino during Weekend Update.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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The renowned Federalist Papers of the late 1780s, 85 essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, wrestled with this exact debate.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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The Republican race has played out as a face-off between the power structures of conservative Texas politics.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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In a climactic battle that fans have been waiting for since the show’s series premiere, Butcher (Karl Urban) and Homelander (Antony Starr) have a years-in-the-making, bloody face-off.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Noun
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In Milan, Italy, a fistfight erupted.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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The series ends with Dean and Hunter – the Briar hockey new starting line – in a fistfight, paving the way for Season 2 (which has already been green-lit).—
Jennifer McClellan,
USA Today,
17 May 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 21 May. 2026.
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