as in to fight
of knights in the Middle Ages
to engage in battle on horseback with lances
The knights jousted against each other.
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as in duel
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Recent Examples of joust
Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
That, in a nutshell, explains why Californians have been jousting over water for the state’s entire 174-year history.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024
Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
Drake and Kendrick Lamar are well beyond their monumental lyrical joust from earlier this year, but that hasn’t stopped fans from dissecting their lyrics and coming up with new theories.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 26 Sep. 2024
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Located in the Talking Stick Entertainment District on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community near Scottsdale, Medieval Times transports you back in time with jousting knights, horsemanship, falconry and a four-course dinner.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
That, in a nutshell, explains why Californians have been jousting over water for the state’s entire 174-year history.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024
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Cheer on your knight Your time in Fairhaven isn’t complete without witnessing a joust, and everyone knows it — that’s why seats in the stadium fill up so quickly.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
Drake and Kendrick Lamar are well beyond their monumental lyrical joust from earlier this year, but that hasn’t stopped fans from dissecting their lyrics and coming up with new theories.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 26 Sep. 2024
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And of course kids loved pretending to fight crime and save the day.Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 Nov. 2024
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He was detained in 2021, by the local bureau of China’s counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou after China had closed its borders and imposed tight domestic travel restrictions and social controls to fight the spread of COVID-19.Matthew Lee, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024
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The Cowboys’ biggest deliveries were notched during their Week 3 duel with Baltimore, which averaged 27.29 million viewers on Fox, trailing only the previous week’s Bengals-Chiefs broadcast on CBS (27.87 million) for bragging rights as the season’s top linear-TV draw.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Dodgers won the first two in L.A., Game 2 featuring the duel between rookie Bob Welch and Reggie Jackson.Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 27 Oct. 2024
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Puritans, in search of religious freedom, sacrificed everything, came to America, battled the harsh winters and scraped up enough food – thanks to the help of Native Americans – to enjoy a feast.Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
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Rodgers has been battling numerous injuries following his Achilles tear from 2023, including ankle, hamstring and knee injuries this year.Scott Thompson, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
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But after Israel responded in a relatively muted way, both countries moved on from the confrontation.Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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Police have not said what the confrontation was about, but according to the documents, Hue allegedly pulled a pistol from his waistband, pointed it at the students and told them to run.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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That committee has been meeting since last year, wrestling with an array of controversial questions, and is not expected to issue its recommendations until mid-December.Alexander Tin, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
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The video goes on to show balloon wranglers and NYPD officers wrestling the giant inflatable to the ground amid high winds, stomping on it to deflate it further.John Russell, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Despite Prescott's season-ending injury, their tradition will remain the same as the Cowboys face-off against the New York Giants — but with a twist!Skyler Caruso, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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The bottom line: Cryptocurrency is the last topic the agency cited in today's release about the end of his tenure, but that face-off will be what his tenure will be remembered for.Brady Dale, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
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The pugnacious owner even claimed to have gotten into a fistfight with Dodgers fans in an elevator in the Hyatt Wilshire Hotel in 1981 after the Dodgers won three straight in L.A. to take the lead in the World Series 3-2.Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Dodger Stadium and its grounds also have a long history of physical altercations, including fistfights between drunken fans, fan-on-fan attacks that left people with severe injuries, and beatings by security personnel.Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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One night after the Red Sox outlasted the Orioles in a 12-10 slugfest, the teams battled through a pitchers’ duel for five innings.Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
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Anyone tempted to take the over should keep in mind that most of Penn State's biggest games in recent years have been slugfests (21-7 over Illinois earlier this year, 28-13 over Wisconsin last week, not to mention last year's 20-12 loss to the Buckeyes and 24-15 loss to Michigan).Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Joust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joust. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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