duke
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The duke replied: "Exercise is universally good for helping with grief, stress, loss."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Last year, the publisher of the Sun newspaper agreed to pay "substantial damages" and apologised to the duke to settle a long-running legal battle over claims of unlawful intrusion into his life.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Mexico and South Korea duke it out at 9.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
The unlikely protagonist of “Radical Duke” is Charles Lennox, the third duke of Richmond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Kaltain approached the duke and hissed in his ear.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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
Just two years after “Cruise” debuted, duo Maddie & Tae had heard enough about arm candy and daisy dukes to satirize the subgenre’s views on women with 2015’s “Girl in a Country Song.”
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
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
Since his sons avoided the hardships of military service, they became private citizens after having been dukes.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
The Syrian military laid siege while the factions duked it out inside Yarmouk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2025
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
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 two have duked it out for the top spot, trading places frequently through much of this year as both companies’ share prices rose.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
Eunice rebuked Her thoughts of gentler blood, when these had duked It with the best, and scorned to change their name.
From Men, Women and Ghosts by Lowell, Amy
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
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking to cut flights this summer at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, where United Airlines and American Airlines are currently duking it out for supremacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
"There is still a transfer fee for anyone who wants to negotiate and we are duking it out with the big boys in France like La Rochelle," said Sanderson.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
Rather than the long slog of duking it out at a disadvantage to other departments during a national police shortage, Seattle could immediately reduce officer workload and shift time to proactive policing.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 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
