swordplay

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The album started with quiet wind and then turned into a tornado of thunder and sirens, swordplay and gunfire over big horns and a funky soul backbeat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

After moving to the US she inspired a new generation of directors from East Asia to Hollywood to make female-driven swordplay films.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

First dates on the grassy hill, jogging through the park and on to Fremont, listening to drum circles on a warm summer evening, grinning at the medieval knights and their swordplay tournaments.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2023

Unlike most samurai films, the swordplay here isn’t based in air-defying gracefulness.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Bran could hear the squires at their swordplay in the yard below, die ring of steel on steel.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin