sparring mate

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Cummings then defeated Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., to become the leading Democrat on the panel, and Issa’s sparring mate.

From Fox News • Oct. 17, 2019

He retired about a year after beating Spinks but came back in 1980 to fight former sparring mate Larry Holmes, losing a lopsided bout that was stopped after 10 rounds.

From Reuters • Jun. 4, 2016

But only a few days later Volcker's most powerful sparring mate on the board, Vice Chairman Preston Martin, who has made no secret of his desire to succeed the chairman, suddenly announced plans to resign.

From Time Magazine Archive

I always felt that he might not like me, but that I was a sparring mate for him, and he would be lonely without me.

From Time Magazine Archive