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Is the Duke de Rohan’s niece murderously insane, as he claims, or is the duke himself deluded?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Awards season is around the corner, with opponents ready to duke it out in the ring of swanky luncheons and Hollywood hobnobbing.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Byfield had originally obtained the post after selling a copy of his military memoir to the duke while employed as a tollkeeper.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

"The charitable work of the duke and duchess is a personal matter for them both and undertaken in their private capacity. In short, their position is akin to private citizens with commercial and charitable interests."

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

“In one ear and out the other,” scolded the duke, attempting to stuff one of his words through the earl’s head.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster

The company raised its dividend in April, and some strategists see the potential for a special dividend on the horizon, as the Costco dukes it out with the government over tariffs.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Meanwhile, Abdulmejid and his family lived a glitzy Riviera life, attending dances, we are told, with “four or five kings and any number of princes, dukes and counts.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

He said Myers illness was physically obvious but as soon as the cameras started rolling "he'd have his dukes up, ready for a scrap".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024

I don't know a single person who doesn't, and I will put up my dukes for Ava.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2023

If this ex- panded idea of freedom spread, how safe were the kings and dukes, earls and knights, of England?

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

So for nearly 170 miles, the greatest cyclists from the sport’s heartlands duked it out around the roads of Quebec.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

After losing to world champion Littler in last year's final, Humphries triumphed 11-8 in the repeat as the world's top two duked it out at O2 Arena.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

For more than a decade, about 10 individuals and a handful of corporations have duked it out in California Superior Court trying to prove they are the rightful owners of the stone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2024

As the insects groomed each other, the six types of fungi duked it out among themselves, with no clear winner taking over, the team reports this month in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 9, 2023

The mermaid leuch, her brief was gane, And kelpie's blast was blawin', Fu' low she duked, ne'er raise again, For deep, deep was the fawin'.

From The Book of Old English Ballads by Hamilton Wright Mabie

The primary bedroom also comes with a fireplace, as well as an expansive walk-in closet and a spa bathroom, perfect for relaxation after a long day of duking it out on air.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

They noticed a game that involved action figures duking it out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

This was far from just McIlroy and Fitzpatrick duking it out for the title though as the tension built on the back nine and at one point four players shared the lead.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025

“Nickel Boys” “At this stage, two Cannes prizewinners are duking it out for the top spot: Sean Baker’s box-office hit ‘Anora’ and Jacques Audiard’s ‘Emilia Pérez.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

Cal and Navy were duking it out for the lead.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown