as in fighting
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 jousting
The Waxahachie festival features full-contact jousting tournaments, a mermaid lagoon, rides, games and entertainment on 20 stages.
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Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr. 2026
And then there are the jousting competitions (more on those below).
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
There will be jousting tournaments, stage acts and comedic performances.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Mar. 2026
At a lavish banquet on the eve of a jousting tournament, lovers meet and revellers speculate about who will contend.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
At a lavish banquet on the eve of a jousting tournament, lovers meet and revelers speculate about who will contend.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
In Oregon, which passed a law to protect smaller ratepayers from data centers’ power costs, a consumer advocacy group is jousting with the state’s largest utility, Portland General Electric, over its plan on how to do that.
—Marc Levy, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
The megalodon would join Maryland’s other state symbols, including the Baltimore oriole (state bird), jousting (state sport), and walking (state exercise).
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2026
Each wants to prove himself, and for that to happen Dunk must triumph in a jousting tournament.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr. 2026
And then there are the jousting competitions (more on those below).
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
There will be jousting tournaments, stage acts and comedic performances.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Mar. 2026
At a lavish banquet on the eve of a jousting tournament, lovers meet and revellers speculate about who will contend.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
At a lavish banquet on the eve of a jousting tournament, lovers meet and revelers speculate about who will contend.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
In Oregon, which passed a law to protect smaller ratepayers from data centers’ power costs, a consumer advocacy group is jousting with the state’s largest utility, Portland General Electric, over its plan on how to do that.
—Marc Levy, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
The megalodon would join Maryland’s other state symbols, including the Baltimore oriole (state bird), jousting (state sport), and walking (state exercise).
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2026
Each wants to prove himself, and for that to happen Dunk must triumph in a jousting tournament.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jousting
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The camp is entirely dependent on aid, disrupted after cuts by USAID last year and again by fighting between Syrian and Kurdish forces this February.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Despite how difficult sitting through the case was, the jurors commended Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez for her fairness — and lead prosecutor Abbe Rifkin for fighting so hard for Quatisha.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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Those changes will be contested, in math as in other academic disciplines wrestling with AI’s impact.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
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China, South Korea, Japan and many European nations are wrestling with ultra-low birthrates and shrinking labor markets.—
Daniel Moss,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
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Patrick called out Cornyn and Paxton, who are battling each other to win the Republican primary runoff on May 26.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Nigeria is battling a complex security crisis, especially in the north, where there is a decade-long insurgency and several armed groups that kidnap for ransom.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Jousting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jousting. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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