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melee

[mey-ley, mey-ley, mel-ey] / ˈmeɪ leɪ, meɪˈleɪ, ˈmɛl eɪ /


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I went to the club to see the band Melee perform and the prior talent buyer for the club had just quit that day.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

Peterborough got forwards Alex Pharand and Jonathan Melee and a series of draft selections in the trade.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2022

The Dallas Fuel was their next big challenge after having lost to them in the May Melee earlier in the season.

From The Verge • Sep. 27, 2021

But Melee is the game that turned Nintendo’s anything-goes brawler from a living-room classic into a competitive fixture.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2019

The Melee dynamic would be similar to Nike introducing a new, high-performance basketball sneaker only to see its top athletes instead sport vintage Air Jordans.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2018




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