as in to fight
of knights in the Middle Ages
to engage in battle on horseback with lances
The knights jousted against each other.
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Recent Examples of joust
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
His unique beak-jousting technique, which enabled him to quickly displace his rivals.
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ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Johnson, a sophomore setter/right-side hitter, won a joust at the net with Lockport trailing 23-22 in the first game to pump the Porters up.
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Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Verb
After this rather violent courtship, the female enters the den, and the pair spends several days living together, often jousting.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
His unique beak-jousting technique, which enabled him to quickly displace his rivals.
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ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
Attending a joust is one of the quintessential renaissance festival experiences.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Johnson, a sophomore setter/right-side hitter, won a joust at the net with Lockport trailing 23-22 in the first game to pump the Porters up.
—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Two firefighters died from injures sustained while fighting the blaze.
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The action is set in the 1750s with Washington as a young man eager to fight, initially as a British officer in a period of complex loyalties.
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The drama had returned, Scheffler and Hovland resumed their duel, with Morikawa watching hopefully, but helplessly.
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But when Aemond arrives unexpectedly, the castellan wonders if a duel can’t be avoided.
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White settlers and frontier pioneers built vast, fenceless cattle stations, battling harsh environments and disease, embracing a hard-living culture that exists to this day.
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Two shades of yellow, one closer to a ripe lemon, the other closer to gold, filled Kansas City’s FIFA World Cup Fan Fest as Ghana and Colombia battled for a spot in the Round of 16 on Friday night.
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The prosecutor argued that Styles’ death was more than a confrontation.
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Yet despite his later involvement in politics, McCloskey remains most closely associated with the confrontation that unfolded outside his home in June 2020.
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Tempers flared late in the fourth quarter when Kings center Dylan Cardwell and Nets guard Egor Demin wrestled for a loose ball.
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Officials throughout the state have tried to wrestle with the gray area e-bikes occupy — faster than humans strolling on the greenbelt but not quite at the same level as cars and trucks.
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In this unofficial but unavoidable national holiday face-off between two people who have been public in their dislike for each other, Swift gets to fire the first shot.
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Some fans embraced the face-off, such as Yaritza Barre, who is Ecuadorian with a Mexican husband.
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Its satirical video, depicting politicians descending into an all-out fistfight, proved especially prescient during the fevered atmosphere of the 2016 election cycle.
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Dilliehunt and Bland were shot and killed during a fistfight on the 1600 block of 83rd Avenue in Oakland, which the surviving victims claim started with an argument over a parking spot.
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The Yankees started their slugfest in style against the Rays, as Judge’s big fly traveled 429 feet to the batter’s eye at Steinbrenner Field.
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Hunter Henry, Austin Hooper, Jack Westover Notes: It’s been a slow, ugly slugfest among the backup tight ends to see who can win the No. 3 job.
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