Granit Xhaka

I play with a lot of emotion because I'm a passionate guy, and I play with that passion. I love playing that way. Sometimes you're late onto the ball, sometimes you're not. Sometimes you make contact with the guy when you tackle him, sometimes not. It's a sport where individual duels are vital, so I don't see it as a problem.

Swiss Athlete

Richard Edelman

The 'truthiness' of Trump's so-called facts, the questions he posed on President Obama's nationality or jobs destroyed by free trade, has the same effect as dueling scientists on issues such as obesity or climate change.

American Businessman

James Lasdun

For a long period of history, you were what people said about you, and if your reputation was stained, you were in very serious trouble. People fought duels over this. Then it fades away historically.

British Writer

Charles Baudelaire

The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated.

French Poet

Rege-Jean Page

I've been involved in more Georgian period duels than I ever thought I would in my life.

English Actor

Benjamin F. Wade

As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.

American Politician

Cris Collinsworth

Sometimes pitchers' duels are just as interesting as home-run affairs.

American Entertainer

Jennifer Esposito

If I moved, he moved. If I stopped, he stopped. It was a duel.

American Actress

Edmond About

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

French Novelist

Tim Roth

Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight.

British Actor

Used metaphorically to describe any contest or clash, not necessarily physical.

Modern Metaphor

Modern usage implies competition, not an actual fight to the death.

Non-lethal Connotation

Can be used to describe intense arguments or exchanges.

Figurative Battles

Refers to traditional, often ritualized combat rooted in honor codes.

Historic Combat

Historical duels were dangerous and could result in death or severe injury.

Serious Consequences

Traditional duels had complex rules and protocols to be followed.

Strict Etiquette

Often describes intense corporate or business competition.

Corporate Competition

Used to describe a verbal exchange with an opponent.

Verbal Confrontation

Can describe competitions in sports, highlighting personal rivalries.

Sporting Rivalries

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 with another student at a party over a mathematical formula, resulting in a sword duel and Tycho losing a good-sized chunk of his nose. After that, he was said to have worn a realistic prosthetic of gold and silver that he would glue onto his face.

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 that loose skin thicker skin around the neck will protect the neck from fights that's one theory makes it look bigger stronger hopefully intimidate the other leopard but that is a beautiful big duel upon that male leopard now he is going into that

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 that has to be settled by combat to the death it's the first appearance of man woman dueling in a fight booked this image of a woman battling a man is a far cry from the image of the medieval woman uninvolved in the violent world of men

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 So I take a deep breath and I look down and staring back at me is a four-year-old girl in a pink dress, not a challenge to a feminist duel, just a kid with a "Are you a boy or are you a girl?" So I take another deep breath,

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 a successful cyber-attack can achieve, it's enough to make you deeply concerned. This is going to be the new battlefield-- an unseen invisible battlefield-- where teams of hackers from various nations will duel.

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 pulley returned to deal with the second intruder the and nomads charged that key pulley to protect his prize but she chose to leave the gentlemen to square out their differences the duel was

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 to chase off larger birds like hawks and owls. But the most extreme fights are between male hummingbirds competing for flowers and females. Fortunately, these duels are rarely deadly.

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 Another wave of ants advances unchallenged. But the attack is not going to plan. In the tunnels, the ants become embroiled in one-to-one duels.

Duel

Modern Metaphor

Non-lethal Connotation

Figurative Battles

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