sparring partner
Example Sentences
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So use it as a sparring partner, not a ghostwriter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Last week, the star posted a martial arts video on Instagram in which he hit a sparring partner with a combo before saying to the camera, “I don’t age, I level up.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
How funny that the sitcom even featured an amalgamation of Kelly and all of her bad-faith compatriots in Leslie’s frequent sparring partner, local telejournalist Joan Callamezzo.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2026
Her cousin and previous sparring partner, Hsu Hao-xiang, earlier told the BBC that the controversy was "just a bunch of nonsense".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2024
The Test was fairly simple: they were each given a sparring partner, and if they won their duel, they needn’t worry about being eliminated.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
