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spar

verb

Definition of spar

as in to box

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Recent Examples of spar Since losing his primary, the Louisiana Republican has appeared more willing to break with the White House, and sparred with the president at a Senate Republican lunch meeting in recent days. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 June 2026 Meanwhile, partisans continued to spar over dozens of Republican bills that would allow voters to lower property taxes for homeowners by raising sales taxes on everyone. — David Wickert, AJC.com, 23 June 2026 Often, that has meant sparring with journalists and prediction market critics. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 23 June 2026 Others to spar with Fantano over his album scores over the years include Logic, Lil Xan, Post Malone, Ronnie Radke, Wale, MGK, Yung Lean, Lil Yachty, Killer Mike, and Tyler, the Creator. — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for spar

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The testy exchange capped a five-minute opening statement in which Williams torched national reporting for trying to box his injury into a tidy Grade 2 timeline.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
What Countries Stand To Lose Founders cannot be boxed into one company.

— Bernardo Saraiva, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of box

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Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson’s suspension for punching a Buffalo Bills player after a game has been reduced from two games to one, an NFL spokesman said Wednesday.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
For Lee, the true measure of a man is how many other men, and women, want to punch his lights out.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of punch

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Combs was previously placed in solitary confinement after brawling with another inmate back in July.

— Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
Latino culture typecasts hombres as eternal machos always a few drinks away from brawling or bawling.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of brawl

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Prosecutors said Wilcox was hit by gunfire, fell to the ground and fired three more gunshots at the officers.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The different program sales operations of Skydance hit the Côte d’Azur under their pre-existing Paramount and WB brands.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

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