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But Sophie Cunningham has let the state turn her into a combination of Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, willing to joust with a windmill.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

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

At the L.A. fair, there are generally three joust performances per day: the Deptford tournament joust, the queen’s joust and the “joust to the death.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

Recently, one pair of cosmic dancers has turned astronomer’s heads by performing a very dangerous routine — which they’ve nicknamed the cosmic joust!

From Space Scoop ● May 21, 2025

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

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

Netflix, which once said it competed only with sleep for the attention of its subscribers, now jousts with a horde of streaming companies.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

But jousts are the No. 1 attraction at Ren fests.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2021

Sir Kay managed to get them on the way to the lists at least an hour before the jousts could possibly begin.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

During Friday’s hearing, the lawmakers turned to former CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who famously jousted with Trump during his first term, for his reflections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

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

When two knights jousted they held their lances in their right hands, but they directed their horses at one another so that each man had his opponent on his near side.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

And there's been some verbal jousting in the preamble to Sunday.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 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

Plus, Martin challenged the show to “do the best jousting sequences that were ever done on film,” and showrunner Ira Parker said they made it happen, touting one particular jousting scene as “badass.”

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025

“Because he’s Prospero’s champion. He’s fighting, like a jousting knight.”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt