gladiatorial

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Emperors competed with one another to put on larger and larger gladiatorial games, often to mark an anniversary of their rule or a military victory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The origins of gladiatorial combat are unknown, though it was generally agreed by the Romans that it had been a foreign import.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

If you tuned into the Culture, Media and Sport committee hearing on Monday expecting a gladiatorial showdown, you'd have been left wondering where the swords were.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

That isn’t enough to sway the gladiatorial majority, which is mostly made up of men grinning at the fattening piggy bank suspended above them.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

His happiness, it turned out, was because he had killed seven mice and was feeling very proud—not to say pumped up and gladiatorial.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson