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Recent Examples of spar
The issue of school funding and transgender participation in sports in Maine began to bubble up when Mills and Trump sparred over the subject during the February meeting at the White House.
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Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
By Tuesday, with fears of a recession growing, Trump’s closest advisers began publicly sparring with one another.
—Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, for example, have been known to spar publicly over the matter — mostly because of one, specific means of defining space: the Kármán line.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
In his cross, Adams repeatedly sparred with Maani over the terms of that deal.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
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Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
By Tuesday, with fears of a recession growing, Trump’s closest advisers began publicly sparring with one another.
—Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, for example, have been known to spar publicly over the matter — mostly because of one, specific means of defining space: the Kármán line.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
In his cross, Adams repeatedly sparred with Maani over the terms of that deal.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spar
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Those agreements effectively boxed out Google's rivals, the DOJ said.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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His administration has said its tariffs would enable trade negotiations that would box out China, the world’s dominant manufacturer.—
Colleen Barry and Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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That trend already spiraled into real-world hostility in 2024; while the song played at a bar in Germany, a crowd reportedly yelled slurs at a Black woman and punched her in the face, with one man allegedly Nazi-saluting.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2025
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With that win, Niemann punched his ticket to Oakmont for the U.S. Open.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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The troubles escalated in 2023, when patients brawled, a patient was raped by his roommate and another patient died under suspicious circumstances.—
Katie Mettler,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2025
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Read the interview » J. D. Vance brawls with the Catholic Church.—
Ian Crouch,
The New Yorker,
12 Feb. 2025
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The match began with Uso and Gunther going back and forth with each Superstar hitting their signature moves.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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Tire tread depth - Checking your tire tread before hitting the road is important, as low or no tread can lead to sliding.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, as injuries to other regulars piled up, a five-time Silver Slugger slugged .276.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Trending San Francisco Giants: The Giants rank in the bottom third of the league in batting (.229, 22nd) and slugging (.377, 21st) but second in bullpen ERA (2.30).—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Spar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spar. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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