spar
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Through podcast appearances, tweets and interviews, Milton used social media to build hype for the brand and spar with naysayers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
One reason the U.S. is seen as likely to cede ground is the leverage External link Beijing has shown as it and Washington spar over trade.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
And Ingraham said Reiner “should be lauded” for being willing to spar with her, unlike many politicians on both sides of the aisle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
To say these two elements ever meet long enough to spar would be erroneous.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
Every spar, rope, and stay was strained, and some of the “top-hammer” came crashing down.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Itauma - who had never gone beyond six rounds professionally - admitted before the fight that he had never even sparred 12 rounds.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Have Anthropic and the Trump administration sparred before?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
For more than 15 years he has trained under Peter Fury and sparred Tyson Fury, Dillian Whyte and UFC champion Tom Aspinall.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
In an extraordinary scene, the two presidents sparred on national television about the usually off-limits subjects of human rights and the Tiananmen crackdown.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
She never hesitated when they sparred, but she seemed to sink far within herself, into a place that was calm and cool, but also angry and burning.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
But their famous sparring session in 2010, when Joshua was still an amateur, soon became the topic of conversation.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Polymarket was one of the early entrants in the prediction markets sector, and has been sparring with Kalshi to be the top operator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The crowd had made its allegiances clear after a fiery build-up which included Itauma shoving Hrgovic, the Zagreb man slapping him back and plenty of verbal sparring.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
In the A.I. age, Maggie Hennessy asserts, sparring with a grouchy maître d’ over the phone is part of what makes dining out great.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Celaena said something, to which the princess only waved a hand and strode past them and onto the sparring floor.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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