sparring match
Example Sentences
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Over the weekend, he posted a long message complaining that the New York Times was planning to report that he’d gotten roughed up, injuring his shoulder, in a sparring match with an agency jujitsu instructor.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2025
Ed Power wrote in The Telegraph the "60-minute conversation was less a sparring match between Morgan and Fiona Harvey than a dreary question-and-answer session".
From BBC ● May 10, 2024
The trolling has turned the campaign into a daily sparring match on social media, where the candidates trade jabs in real time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Boxer Muhammad Ali visited in 1976 and engaged Mr. Jacomo in a friendly sparring match; the manager later called it “the biggest thrill of my life.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2020
This delusion was supported by the limitation of the sparring match to boxing.
From The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded by Bernard Shaw
