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
And their reunion opens old wounds, morphing into a living-room sparring match in what Casal calls “our ‘Love & Basketball’ episode.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023
The candidates return on Thursday for the national English-language debate, usually the most widely watched political sparring match on the campaign calendar.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2021
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
Pretty little sparring match when Prince Arthur endeavoured to draw him into doing something damaging, either in the way of reticence or declaration, touching George Russell's explosive speech on Friday night.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, November 18, 1893 by Various
