bout
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His final bout was a split decision loss to Mitch Raposo at UFC Fight Night 279 in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
He wrote in 2024 about a bout with West Nile virus that left him in the hospital and struggling to remember facts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
SpaceX is set to report earnings for the first time as a public company next Tuesday — potentially setting the sector up for a fresh bout of volatility.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
After Fury comfortably dispatched Polish veteran Mariusz Wach in Thailand on Friday, can Joshua can come through his own warm-up bout?
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The response from the students in the crowd was instantaneous, a raucous bout of yells and cries of anger.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
At this point, investors have grown accustomed to brief bouts of volatility — spurred by tariffs, the war with Iran or creeping worries about the payoff on artificial-intelligence-related investments.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Its shares are up 46% since January, despite bouts of volatility that weighed on the sector in recent weeks as some investors worry that valuations and AI spending might be too high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
But his life was plagued by bouts of acute depression which caused repeated admissions to psychiatric hospitals - where Oddie suffered from severe lithium poisoning as a result of his treatment.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
But there is little in the public record to document this, other than items in the gossip pages about their golf bouts.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
The first step would be to isolate the bouts in question: those fought on a tournament’s final day between a wrestler on the bubble and a wrestler who has already secured his eighth win.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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