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spar

verb

Definition of spar

as in to box

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Recent Examples of spar Watching two veteran actors spar over such low-stakes material (the musical is called Nosy Neighbors) brought my packed Toronto screening room to hysterics. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026 Stevens and el Sayed will likely spar over their stances on taking money from big-name PACs, including AIPAC, and on current Democratic leadership. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for spar

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Perhaps the most noteworthy sports figure to battle Parkinson’s was boxing great Muhammad Ali, who died in 2016.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The pier-to-pier walk in Southern California’s South Bay was supported by boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, celebrity TV host Brooke Burke, actor Nate Simon and baseball icons Chris Taylor, Kyle Karros and Jared Karros.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

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The Miz pumped his fist twice and punched the air walking off the mound.

— Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
The departure of Weil’s M&A chief, Michael Aiello, along with a team of partners, to Cravath last month punched a hole in the firm’s billings and rattled those left behind.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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Her father and mother had divorced, but Juan Fernandez’s legend had been fixed as a brawling union leader and New Mexico state legislator.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
On the night of January 14, after some drinking, two young men started brawling and the incident turned bloody—an average Tuesday evening in this part of the city at this time.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

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The wreckage of Wednesday's crash reminded many of the aftermath of another train collision in January, when 46 people died in southern Spain when an Iryo train jumped the track and hit an oncoming Renfe train.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
The teams combined to hit just four homers, three for Milwaukee.

— Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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