jousting

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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

"I'll never forget running out at the Stade de France, and there being can-can girls, knights jousting on horseback and gymnasts doing these amazing flips on the pitch," said scrum-half Danny Care.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024

Yet when the jousting began, the day belonged to Rhaegar Targaryen.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin