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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

But the Dodgers’ 4-3 win on Wednesday wasn’t quite the pitcher’s duel it was advertised to be, in front of the Twins’ first sellout crowd of the season at Target Field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Tomorrow was their last Test before the duel.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Across the past two Premier League seasons, Lacroix recorded the best success rate in one-on-one defensive situations among players to face at least 50 such duels, winning possession 50.5% of the time.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Last season, Anderson helped Forest to the Europa League semi-finals and was the Premier League leader for touches and duels won.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Maresca's midfield is crucial when his teams do not have the ball, with Caicedo winning possession 315 times and 318 duels while playing for the ex-Leicester manager in the Premier League.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

"Sometimes it's about duels - who wins the duels wins the game - or moments," he said of the top flight back in January.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Sir Cadogan spent half his time challenging people to duels, and the rest thinking up ridiculously complicated passwords, which he changed at least twice a day.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

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

One race that will have some new blood this year, after the same pair of candidates dueled in three previous elections, is California’s 27th Congressional District in northern Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

Lance Lynn dueled 2021 Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes, who retired 10 in a row, including six on strikeouts, although neither figured in the decision.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 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

The two dueled for the first half of the game, but Bobby clearly had the advantage after that and he won on the thirty-ninth move.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

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

Above, planes, that in 1914 would have appeared unimaginably sophisticated duelled in the skies, some carrying experimental wireless radio sets, reporting real-time reconnaissance.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

It’s meant to represent dueling impulses inside of him, he explains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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

They have dueling AI models, with OpenAI generally considered to be stronger in the consumer space with its ChatGPT chatbot and Anthropic having the edge External link in corporate applications.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

"Take a lesson, Bran. The man who trusts in spells is dueling with a glass sword. As the children did. Here, let me show you something."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Gyokeres could make use of long balls by duelling with defenders in wider areas, looking to run the channels.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

London's Metropolitan Police said ahead of the duelling events that it would mount one of its largest operations in recent years, as the British capital also hosts the FA Cup Final.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

"There was good football, duelling and momentum shifts. I'm proud of the team in the rain, in the circumstances, we get over the line and find a way to win this game."

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 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