gladiator

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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

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

Raising his house’s reputation as a formidable gladiator stable is the only path he can see to being accepted into society’s highest echelon.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

The motion claimed it was the Probation Department that first uncovered the evidence that led to the gladiator fight prosecutions.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

“I cannot have a wish,” Jefferson concluded, “to descend daily into the arena like a gladiator to suffer martyrdom in every conflict.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis