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joust

[joust, juhst, joost] / dʒaʊst, dʒʌst, dʒust /


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Image: This photo is an artist's impression of the cosmic joust, showing how the galaxy on the right hosts a quasar in the centre.

From Space Scoop • May 21, 2025

Pimblett responded by calling Ferguson a "sausage", before the pair continued to verbally joust.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

Competitors were expected to joust one another on a thin, elevated platform that fell out underneath them.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2023

Local 99 declared victory Sunday in the legal joust.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2023

My grandsons will joust with theirs, though, and one day their blood may wed with mine.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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