sparring
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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
Francis Warren - son of Queensberry chief Frank - first noticed him as a teenager, sparring established professionals.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The 14-year-old eagle was found weak and unable to fly after sparring with younger eagles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
That is, to replace its interweaving but independent voices with a more unified, streamlined sound, with the keyboard and cello locked together supportively, underpinning the sparring interplay of the two violins above them.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Instead of the sparrings playing against the first team, for example, Sampaoli has introduced a mixed set of training sessions, where under-20s and first team train together.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2017
In spite of sundry little sparrings, Johnson fully appreciated Goldsmith's genius.
From Samuel Johnson by Sir Leslie Stephen
These gentlemen had had some sparrings in debate before, and continued ever very hostile to each other.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
