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But here’s what’s really interesting about this U.S.-Canada duel:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

By playing directly, even if Liverpool lose the initial duel, they are well placed to pounce upon second balls.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Why did book lovers stop just short of challenging Kondo to a duel over something she didn’t actually say?

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

The fact that Argentina have the worst aerial duel success rate of the final four should give England hope that their threat in the air can continue.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

He would say simply, “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die,” and then, oh then, the duel.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

They had no shot on target and lost so many aerial duels that you stopped counting beyond the half-hour mark.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

He had survived bandito ambushes and cutthroat plots, shipwrecks and crash-landings and high-sea duels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Egyptians in antiquity engaged in sword combat for warfare, but also for competition — Romans utilized swords in gladiator events, rituals and duels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

His passing accuracy was the best of any player too, while he was also ranked first out of all Premier League outfield players to contest more than 20 ground duels in the league last season.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Most duels lasted no longer than a minute or two, one person quickly proving himself more clever or possessed of a stronger will.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

They had already dueled on the clay of Roland-Garros and the grass of Wimbledon this season, taking one final apiece.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2025

Clayton Kershaw and Reid Detmers dueled through seven scoreless innings, but the Dodgers got two runs in the eighth and prevailed 2-0 over the Angels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

The only remaining evidence of the feast, accompanied by milk buns a server calls “Chinese doughnuts,” are the looks of contentment on those who dueled with it.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023

You could choose to showcase different sorts of stories with a more positive attitude and still be a hit; see Oprah Winfrey, whose talk show Springer’s dueled with in the ratings.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

Limpio took off with Seabiscuit, and the two dueled through sprinter fractions.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

He duelled with O'Rourke, eventually getting into a tangle against a short ball and being given caught behind on review.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

But Valérien Ismaël, Barnsley’s head coach, has previously duelled with Tuchel on the touchline in the Bundesliga, when his Wolfsburg side lost 3-0 to Borussia Dortmund.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2021

Fowler, also 25, is an old adversary of McIlroy's from amateur days when they duelled in the 2007 Walker Cup at Royal County Down.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2014

Open ended with Mickelson once again having to settle for being second after he and fellow American Payne Stewart had duelled for the title during a cool and rainy final round.

From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2014

She’d duelled for their freedom, out-pirated the pirates, gained the crew’s respect so well that Blackbeard finally put them ashore lest Hylla take over his ship.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Christopher and Anya’s adventures unspool at a breathless pace as they hop from island to island, dueling with pirates, trespassing among giants and competing in a deadly street race featuring some of Glimouria’s nastier creatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Waymo refused, prompting the company and city to file dueling lawsuits against each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The cone of silence that’s followed the wedding is the only place in which these dueling Swifts can freely coexist.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

He and the large L.A.-based produce company have dueling legal complaints over a contract delineating how the fruit was to be marketed and sold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

“He was dueling Dolohov,” shouted Aberforth, “haven’t seen him since!”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

As the name reflected, the museum contained duelling missions from the start, showcasing American technological advances and telling a more general historical story.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

A trial pitting two founders of OpenAI - Sam Altman and Elon Musk - against each other has opened in California, with the sides presenting duelling narratives about the company's history and obligations to consumers.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

The duelling Americans went with serve in the second set but the 24-year-old Anisimova cut an increasingly frustrated figure as her unforced error count mounted.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

Two months later, Spencer was back playing for Western Australia duelling with another legend - albeit future Australia captain Ponting was still finding his way in the game.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

Percy had been intimidating enough before - summoning hurricanes, duelling pirates, killing giants in the Colosseum...

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan