Lisa Blatt

Every woman who has left and gone into private practice has done fabulously. So the question is why aren't more women drawn to this field? It's helpful to enjoy the art of advocacy - verbal combat or verbal jousting. I find it telling that so many woman might be horrified, and you know, wouldn't want to do it.

American Lawyer

Bret Stephens

In place of presidential addresses, stump speeches, or town halls, we have Trump's demagogic mass rallies. In place of the usual jousting between the administration and the press, we have a president who fantasizes on Twitter about physically assaulting CNN.

American Journalist

Jeff Ross

When I first started doing these roasts in the mid '90s, they were a lost art, like jousting or calligraphy. But I feel like roasts help tame the room and let off steam... It's like it's all being handled by professionals.

American Comedian

Steven Rattner

To be sure, India has achieved enviable success in business services, like the glistening call centers in Bangalore and elsewhere. But in the global jousting for manufacturing jobs, India does not get its share.

American Businessman

David Starkey

I organise my work in the form of a daily diary. Each chapter is strictly chronological but is also monothematic - say, a war, a set of peace negotiations, a joust.

English Historian

Aisha Tyler

Marriage is a blood sport. Marriage is jousting. It's disembowelment. It's just terrible, terrible visceral injuries. It's not for everybody.

American Actress

The Courtroom is a battlefield, and oral argument requires a fair amount of verbal jousting and sparring with the Justices.

Mike Wallace

I love the urgency of what we do. I like the battles that take place, the jousting.

Connect 'joust' to medieval tournaments for a vivid understanding of knights’ combat.

Historical Events

Jousting evokes imagery of chivalry, honor, and the code of knights.

Chivalry Imagery

Know that 'joust' often appears in literature and films about medieval times.

Cultural Depiction

Use 'joust' figuratively to describe any competitive interaction, not only literal fighting.

Competitive Metaphor

When used metaphorically, 'joust' suggests an intense and direct confrontation.

Intensity Implied

Jousting implies skillful debate or competition, much like strategizing in chess.

Strategy & Skill

'Joust' can suggest a lighthearted challenge among friends or colleagues.

Friendly Rivalry

Use 'joust' when referring to intellectual or witty exchanges, not just physical ones.

Intellectual Battles

When used in modern times, 'joust' often conveys a playful, rather than serious, contest.

Playful Context

 So the Hindenburg wasn't, you know, it was inevitable it was going to go. This is auto-gyro jousting in Malibu in the 30s. The auto-gyro couldn't wait for the invention of the helicopter, but it should have -- it wasn't a big success.

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 a little girl break it again you broke it at the handle let's put on the big latch with big shields give me the short one that makes it fair and powdery guys a chance light-armored it was the first kind of jousting to

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 After centuries of war, the world’s kingdoms have come to an agreement. Every five years, teams representing the elves, goblins, and treefolk will compete in a grand tournament of dragon jousting.

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