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Recent Examples of sparMeanwhile, as legal sparring intensifies, Lively’s attorneys have filed motions seeking sanctions against Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, for violating the court's protective order.—Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025 For instance, when the Martins were broke, before Christy gained the attention of legendary boxing promoter Don King, Jim, played on screen in a terrifying performance by Ben Foster, would take her to motel rooms to spar with men who would pay for the opportunity.—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025 The east side of the fire poses the highest resistance for containment with few control features as firefighters spar with increasing fire behavior and longer burn periods.—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Republicans continued to spar with Democrats over the pricetag in the committee meetings held on Wednesday.—Monica Madden, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spar
An Emmy nominee, Foster will next be seen starring opposite Sydney Sweeney in the Black Bear boxing pic Christy, out November 7 after premiering at TIFF.
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin was featured throughout the trailer and was shown boxing an opponent in a ring.
The Mariners’ third baseman, who slugged 49 in the regular season for the second time in his career, unloaded on a Flaherty fastball in the fourth inning, blasting it 422 feet into the left field seats above the bullpens.
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Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Power surge The Padres are slugging more lately.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Sep. 2025
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