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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sparred
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Instead, the results got boxed up and stored in a Berkeley closet until 2016.
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Before finding acting in his late 20s, Moore worked in law firms and boxed professionally for 12 years.
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Dansby Swanson slugged a three-run home run and grand slam in the Cubs’ Game 1 victory over the New York Mets, then drove in four more runs on two singles and a triple during their 10-5 win in Game 2.
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What if the man had slugged me and gotten the better of me?
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Algeria turned up the pressure in the second half and had multiple shots on goal that Jordan goalkeeper Yazeed Abulaila punched away, but a corner kick in the 69th minute proved to be the Jordanian keeper’s kryptonite.
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At least in comparison to Gragson being punched by Ross Chastain at the Kansas Speedway three years ago.
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But shareholders have pushed back against hefty pay packages, which come during a period of upheaval in Hollywood that has been buffeted by job losses from media consolidation and outsourcing.
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But back in 2022, leading up to and following the release of Don't Worry Darling, her second feature in the director's chair, Wilde couldn't make it through a single media engagement without being buffeted by gusts from a maelstrom of rumors and gossip consuming her life.
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Against Cardinals’ starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore, the Braves mustered just one hit and one run through five innings of an eventual 5-3 loss.
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Thomas had hit a leadoff double, but Michael Massey, Salvador Perez and John Rave failed to drive him in.
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The Carys, who camped at our lunch spot that evening, told us later that the bass came to the surface and bashed surface plugs near nightfall.
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Palmeiro bashed 214 in his first five seasons in Texas.
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Another worker described the chaos as well over a dozen teens brawled inside the diner.
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The two cousins brawled back to ringside.
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The West African country of 23 million people has been battered by years-long violence perpetrated by extremist groups linked to Al Qaeda and the militant group Islamic State, as well as government forces often accused of extrajudicial killings.
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The West African country of 23 million people has been battered by yearslong violence perpetrated by extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, as well as government forces often accused of extrajudicial killings.
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“Sparred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sparred. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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