Thesaurus results for GLADIATORS

gladiators

noun

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plural of gladiator

as in boxers

one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists the two punch-drunk gladiators stumbled to their corners

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Recent Examples of gladiators The find also suggests female beast hunters persisted for several decades longer than female gladiators who fought other people, Manas says. —

Taylor Mitchell Brown, Scientific American, 19 May 2026 The stories of gladiators and the sheer size of the arena captivate younger imaginations in a way few other sites can. —

Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026 Part of the appeal of female gladiators was their very paradoxical nature. —

Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026 At roughly 1,800 years old, the artwork depicts women fighting animals long after the empire banned them from performing as gladiators. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 Apr. 2026 Truck traditionalists and forum gladiators will argue this, of course. —

New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2026 Thousands of Romans once flocked to this arena to watch gladiators battle each other and wild animals. —

ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026 Researchers using advanced imaging technology have deciphered 79 previously invisible inscriptions — including love notes, drawings of gladiators, and everyday messages — on a wall in the ancient city of Pompeii, offering a rare window into the lives of ordinary people nearly 2,000 years ago. —

Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026 There were dancing gladiators and moka pots, a phalanx of runway models dressed (in Armani) in green, white and red, to represent the Italian flag. —

Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026

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Now in production in Los Angeles, Delphi follows a group of gifted young boxers in an elite academy fighting to achieve their dreams and reach the pinnacle of the sport.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 May 2026
The promotion was built to be fighter-first, a phrase Bidarian repeated four times in a conversation with The Athletic on Monday, and for years those fighters were solely boxers, including Paul muscling into the sport with his fame as an influencer.

— Mark Puleo, New York Times, 17 May 2026