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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of spar.

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Examples

  • - A down-on-his-luck billionaire and a banking giant with a soiled name sparred Wednesday in bankruptcy court, each blaming the other for fleecing the ritzy Yellowstone Club of nearly

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • A down-on-his-luck billionaire and a banking giant with a soiled name sparred Wednesday in bankruptcy court, each blaming the other for fleecing the ritzy Yellowstone Club of nearly

    ABC News: ABCNews 2010

  • That, of course, would not bode well for Fenty, who has "sparred" with gay activists on several issues.

    DeMorning DeBonis: June 14, 2010 2010

  • A huge negro woman hanging on a side-gate on Clay Street was shouting in a piping voice about Jasper and the sun, and telling to several dumb listeners that "she wuz gwine ter be dar ef de Lord 'sparred' her an 'it wuz de las' thing she done on de yerth."

    John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908

  • There was something about the way they "sparred" with each other that made it very, very romantic.

    Refine Me 2009

  • They met again in June of that year and "sparred" together at a benefit in San Francisco.

    Main Features 2009

  • They met again in June of that year and "sparred" together at a benefit in San Francisco.

    Main Features 2008

  • Clayton and Craig sparred at subsequent Model Cities meetings.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • Within the administration, military, Central Intelligence Agency and State Department officials have sparred over the scope of drone campaigns, which have expanded from Pakistan to Yemen and Somalia.

    U.S. Pursues Sale of Armed Drones Adam Entous 2011

  • Dicker previously sparred with Paladino over the gubernatorial candidate's unsubstantiated claims that his opponent, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, had cheated on his now ex-wife.

    Carl Paladino Misled Voters About Military Record The Huffington Post News Team 2010

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