joust
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Many MPs believe that Badenoch has for some months now been an impressive combatant at Prime Minister's Questions, her weekly joust with the prime minister.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
His son, Prince Valarr, is shown participating at the joust at the end of the episode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
By watching the joust, astronomers got to see what happens when a galaxy finds itself on the wrong end of a quasar.
From Space Scoop ● May 21, 2025
As such, seeing him host Oliver on Tuesday was a bit of magic Colbert's joust with Monday guest, Neil deGrasse Tyson couldn't quite match.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2023
“Will they joust for me? I should like that.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Perhaps they’ll even find more cosmic jousts — enough to make a whole tournament!
From Space Scoop ● May 21, 2025
History shows they’ve acted as statesmen in times of crisis before and temporarily paused their jousts on social media and in the courts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
It’s a good thing that Jagannathan and Brown have training in the theater: They imbue Priya and Nic’s densely verbal jousts, dodges and truths with compelling chiaroscuro hues.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
But jousts are the No. 1 attraction at Ren fests.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2021
She had her dog with her, the big grey hound she rode in the mock jousts.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The White House has jousted with Beijing on trade but reached a broad truce with China after a major escalation last spring.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Fleetwood and Thomas jousted through the back nine and also made it to the last all square.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
Medieval English knights donned armor, mounted highly trained horses, and jousted with long lances in spectacular ritual combats.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 21, 2024
Tesla and plaintiff attorneys jousted in the run-up about what evidence and arguments each side could make.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2023
Malcolm X’s growing respect for individual whites seemed to be reserved for those who ignored on a personal basis the things he said about whites and who jousted with him as a man.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
TV commercials showed construction workers jousting with FatMaxes, and Stanley sued copycat competitors for alleged patent infringement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
These include regional fisheries bodies and the International Seabed Authority -- the forum where nations are jousting over proposed rules on the environmentally destructive deep-sea mining industry.
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
And like sword fights, jousting is never not entertaining.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
After the verbal jousting between Arteta and Guardiola this week, BBC Sport takes a look at some of the Premier League’s other big managerial rivalries down the years.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2024
“Better than jousting in a Kansas cornfield,” Percy agreed.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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