: the art of attack and defense with the fists practiced as a sport
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: an act of enclosing in a box
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: a boxlike enclosure : casing
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: material used for boxes and casings
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Button was elegant and fierce, much the way George Foreman was in the boxing ring.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
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Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua escaped with minor injuries in a car crash that killed two of his associates on Monday, according to Nigerian authorities.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Netflix keeps paying up for sports rights (NFL Christmas Day, MLB Home Run Derby, boxing, WWE, Women’s World Cup).
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Button was elegant and fierce, much the way George Foreman was in the boxing ring.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
In June, a Miami-Dade judge issued an arrest warrant for Brown, a month after he was filmed getting into a scuffle outside a celebrity boxing event in Little Haiti.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Dec. 2025
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“Boxing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxing. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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: construction of the base of a dental cast by building up the walls of an impression while preserving important landmarks
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