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- noun Plural form of
dueler .
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Examples
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Dave, If memory serves me, wasn't the lockwork on the Wogdon duelers used by Hamilton and Burr equipped with set triggers (i.e., move the trigger forward and it "set" to release at a much lighter touch), and didn't Hamilton, the offended party, fire his shot first, presumably wasting his shot?
Transmitting History 2008
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Works such as "Offenbach Overtures," with military duelers who fall in love while their seconds carry out the fight; and "Company B," with its heartbreaking reflections on youth, war and nostalgia.
A singular vision: Nearing 80, Paul Taylor is as moving a dance figure as ever 2010
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I WANTED to see lots of special effects in this fight, but the two duelers stand completely still and don't say anything to each other.
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But it was not over yet: Harry sped between duelers, past atruggling prisoners, and into he Great Hall.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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There were more duelers all over the stairs and in the hall.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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The conflict relates to the most sensitive aspects of national identity, which both duelers are reluctant to compromise and would rather die, and kill, for.
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In the black-and-white Goya painting show people whose lines have broken down, and in Duelo a Garrotazos the duelers are knee-deep in the mud they cannot escape.
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There were more duelers all over the stairs and in the hall.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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Harry, ron and Hermione raised their wands at once, ready to strike, but the duelers were weaving and darting so much that there was a strong likelihood of hurting on of their own side if they cast curses.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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They ran down the next staircase and found themselves in a corridor full of duelers.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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