spar
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The 26th president, Teddy Roosevelt, regularly invited professional boxers, military aides and guests to the executive mansion to spar, at least until he suffered a detached retina.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
It was US President Donald Trump's 80th birthday and the eve of his departure for the G7 summit in the French spar town of Evian-les-Bains.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Heavier spars require a larger sail while people who build miniature kites sometimes don’t include a spar or will only use half a toothpick, Choi said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
But testimony from different gyms and fighters suggests that yes, he did show up after school to spar with guys while he was still wearing his uniform.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Undead sailors calmly went about their business on the spar deck.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
Tanden has finished up her marathon day with an appearance on CNN; she sparred with Scott Jennings about Donald Trump’s flagging poll numbers.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
TKV, who has sparred Joshua, Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley, has seen enough behind closed doors to believe Itauma can handle it.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
In an extraordinary scene, the two presidents sparred on national television about the usually off-limits subjects of human rights and the Tiananmen crackdown.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
On Nextdoor, residents sparred in a thread about the Delphs’ trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
She helped cook quiet meals for heartbroken families, and sparred with a black belt Bokator bot.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
The sparring over those two issues will continue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Eugène Ionesco’s play, currently running at American Repertory Theater, has the two actors sparring over ideas of alienation and belonging amid the outbreak of a metamorphic disorder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Ojai Raptor Center began treating the 14-year-old eagle shortly after she was found weak and unable to fly in mid-July after sparring with younger eagles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Fury's seventh-round victory over Wach was heavily criticised by some but it was effectively a public sparring session designed to keep Fury active and keep his name in the conversation.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
It was outside Junior's trial, and me and T was kinda sparring over T being pretty sure Junior didn't do the murder he went down for.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
Vocabulary lists containing spar
"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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"Paul Revere's Ride," Vocabulary from the poem
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