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[bout] / baʊt /




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Cyborg has hinted her fight with Vieira will be her final MMA bout without confirming she is set to retire.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Salisbury was colorful: A mixed martial arts enthusiast, he once appeared at the agency’s headquarters with his face bruised and eye blackened from a recent bout.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Shares of Dell have roughly quadrupled in price this year, with Lenovo’s earnings report helping to drive the latest bout of momentum for the PC and server maker.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

That momentum dovetailed with a broader bout of renewed interest in optical stocks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

I said, “I’ve told y’all bout Great-Granmaw Tweedy dyin’ twice.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Greg Byrne, who lives just outside Tucson, Arizona, has had two bouts of melanoma and ended up in an earlier Moderna study of this treatment after having surgery to remove the cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Born with sickle-cell disease, Ms. Gray had spent much of her life in emergency rooms riding out bouts of pain.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Despite the uptick, officials say California is not included in the cyclosporiasis outbreak that’s hit 15 states, sickening tens of thousands of people with prolonged bouts of diarrhea.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

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

By the end of our first game, the moves and tricks I’d picked up during all those marathon bouts with Aech were starting to come back to me.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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