spar
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An Irish boxer has said Kendrick Lamar is welcome to spar with him anytime at his home gym.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
It was US President Donald Trump's 80th birthday and the eve of his departure for the G7 summit in the French spar town of Evian-les-Bains.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
The county is trying to buy the land, while some of the parties spar in the courts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
To say these two elements ever meet long enough to spar would be erroneous.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
He hung for a moment, his armpit against the spar, and knew that his light was futile against the fog; nevertheless he adjusted the flame higher before clambering down.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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
While seeing AI models as powerful tools, he has compared them to the intelligence of a cat and sparred with researchers who fear that AI poses an existential risk to humanity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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
We sparred as we jogged up the lane.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
But their famous sparring session in 2010, when Joshua was still an amateur, soon became the topic of conversation.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Eugène Ionesco’s play, currently running at American Repertory Theater, has the two actors sparring over ideas of alienation and belonging amid the outbreak of a metamorphic disorder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Remarkably, the only time they have ever shared a ring was during a sparring session at Finchley Amateur Boxing Club in 2010.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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
We did an hour of exercise, some combination of roadwork, skipping rope, calisthenics, or shadow boxing, followed by fifteen minutes of body work, some weight lifting and then sparring.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing spar
"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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