gladiator
Example Sentences
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He’s even holding a gladiator contest on the White House lawn in June to celebrate his birthday.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
On this week’s Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick talked with election law gladiator Marc Elias, chair of Elias Law Group and founder of Democracy Docket.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026
“She’d go out there and be the last gladiator standing if it were up to her.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
Commodus, now a teenager, had shown he had none of his father’s nature; he so preferred athletics to statecraft that some believed he’d been sired by a gladiator.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
“July First, the Kalends of July, sacred to Juno. That’s when Mother wants to destroy those stupid demigods and really rub it in Juno’s face. Besides, I’m not paying overtime for those gladiator ghosts!”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing gladiator
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