as in fighting
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 jousting
Location and point of operations is a central theme of why these teams find themselves here, jousting not on a field of play, but in a makeshift courtroom.
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Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
There will be jousting tournaments, stage acts and comedic performances.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Mar. 2026
At a lavish banquet on the eve of a jousting tournament, lovers meet and revellers speculate about who will contend.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
At a lavish banquet on the eve of a jousting tournament, lovers meet and revelers speculate about who will contend.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
In Oregon, which passed a law to protect smaller ratepayers from data centers’ power costs, a consumer advocacy group is jousting with the state’s largest utility, Portland General Electric, over its plan on how to do that.
—Marc Levy, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
The megalodon would join Maryland’s other state symbols, including the Baltimore oriole (state bird), jousting (state sport), and walking (state exercise).
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2026
Each wants to prove himself, and for that to happen Dunk must triumph in a jousting tournament.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
There will be jousting tournaments, stage acts and comedic performances.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Mar. 2026
At a lavish banquet on the eve of a jousting tournament, lovers meet and revellers speculate about who will contend.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
At a lavish banquet on the eve of a jousting tournament, lovers meet and revelers speculate about who will contend.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
In Oregon, which passed a law to protect smaller ratepayers from data centers’ power costs, a consumer advocacy group is jousting with the state’s largest utility, Portland General Electric, over its plan on how to do that.
—Marc Levy, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
The megalodon would join Maryland’s other state symbols, including the Baltimore oriole (state bird), jousting (state sport), and walking (state exercise).
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2026
Each wants to prove himself, and for that to happen Dunk must triumph in a jousting tournament.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jousting
Verb
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Some of Miranda’s constituents are still fighting the city’s stadium plan, including its cost to taxpayers, which grew again in February to $135 million.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Nissie Cadette took the mic and spoke about what an influence Metayer had been on her life, fighting through tears at every word.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Picnic detritus surrounds our little camp, and my two boys are wrestling not far away.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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These encounters had convinced Beyer that many congregants were wrestling with how to square their sympathy for Jewish Israelis with the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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And, he’s been battling with that.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Larson has spent the past eight years battling Minnesota for the state’s top prep players and will use the newfound recruiting cache that comes along with that Gophers logo on his pullover.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Jousting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jousting. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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