fencer

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Saber fencer Eli Dershwitz is among the many United States athletes that struggle to keep up with rising costs associated with being an Olympic athlete.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

You also need to have “right of way” which, if you’re new to fencing, is a concept best left to the referee, who decides which fencer has attacking priority at any given time.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

The fencer competed at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and at Tokyo in 2021.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

For several minutes the wasp circled him, flitting in and out with the agile prodding of a fencer.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2023

Everybody was so dangerous, big, mean and muscular, and so what if he was the greatest fencer in the world, who’d know it to look at him?

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman