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gladiator

[glad-ee-ay-ter] / ˈglæd iˌeɪ tər /
NOUN
combatant
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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

A gladiator, it seems, moved up the ranks—often through training and victories in the arena—“like a trainee orator moving from imaginary speeches to those of the courtroom.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

"You get these gladiator humans and it looks like they weren't even carrying anything," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 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

About twenty feet inside the doorway, a life-size wooden cutout of a gladiator popped up from the floor.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

"After sunset is a lot more comfortable," Victor Li, 52, told AFP as he toured the arena and the underground passages where animals and gladiators were once held.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Much that we thought was true about gladiators turns out not to be true at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

But Ashur sees her and the rest of his gladiators as property, believing his wealth and diplomatic acumen can one day buy him a seat at the table of Rome’s most powerful.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025

Gladiators also gets the Children in Need treatment, as some mini gladiators enter the arena and The One Show's The Challenge Squad are also set to feature.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025

Tarzan—“his straight and perfect figure, muscled as the best of the ancient Roman gladiators must have been muscled”—exemplified the ultimate victory of nature over nurture.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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