battle royal
Example Sentences
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Everyone expected a production starring two rival queens of the studio era to be an on-set battle royal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Naomi Alderman’s new dystopia, ‘The Future,’ finds a new way into the genre she mastered in ‘The Power’: a battle royal of preppers, tech billionaires and cults.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025
"They'll watch anyone on it but me! Auntie Coco is my name with them, and they'll just skip through my matches and go onto a battle royal or whatever's next."
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024
What he said is a reminder that legal skirmishes over the particulars of an execution are different from a battle royal over the moral heart of America.
From Slate • Oct. 1, 2024
And besides, I suspected that fighting a battle royal might detract from the dignity of my speech.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
