bout

Example Sentences

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Based on legacy alone, the national title bout is a mismatch.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Undisputed heavyweight champion Shields is expected at ringside and Price says a bout could happen "sooner than people think".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

An experienced fighter stood a good chance of making it to the next bout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Fresh pension-fund buying would come as retail investors have moved to the sidelines during the latest bout of stock-market volatility.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Wednesday at breakfast he even offered to take Mama to Atlanta for the day, but she said, “Hoyt Tweedy, I’m not bout to be disrespectful of the dead for just a li’l old seventy-mile trip.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns