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duel

[doo-uhl, dyoo-] / ˈdu əl, ˈdyu- /


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It wasn’t the neck-and-neck duel spectators might have hoped to see.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Justin Wrobleski and José Soriano were locked in a pitchers’ duel until Mookie Betts ignited a surge that sealed the Dodgers’ win over the Angels.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Some will argue that the arm was in that position only because he was in a duel with Celtic's Auston Trusty, but that would carry minimal weight.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

"Few answers are going to be complete, especially when you cut me off all the time," the visibly irritated multibillionaire said as he resumed his duel Thursday morning with the defense attorney for OpenAI.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The boys practiced challenging each other to a duel, which they felt certain would impress the tsar, should they meet him, while Veronika energetically practiced every dance step she had ever learned.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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