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Examples of bout in a Sentence
undoubtedly the team's best wrestler, he hasn't lost a bout yet
she's currently suffering from a bout of the flu
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Although the bout is formidable, Haney is the clear favorite — especially with a record of 31-0 with 15 knockouts.
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Rudie Obias, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024
By comparison, Netflix has only begun dipping in its toes to test the waters, signing a deal to show the Mike Tyson bout with Jake Paul as well as bring wrestling matches from WWE Raw to the platform come next year.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
Contemporary critics tend to breeze through the last two decades of Schwartz’s life, hitting only the saddest events: the second divorce; the increasing alcoholism; the unpublishable poems, many written during bouts of mania; the money problems; the undignified death.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The bout catapulted the expansion of the U.F.C., which soon bought rival companies and in 2011 signed a $700 million contract with Fox Sports.
—Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The biotech industry’s largest trade group has parted ways with its top lobbyist, the group confirmed to STAT, adding to a recent bout of organizational tumult.
—Rachel Cohrs Zhang and John Wilkerson, STAT, 10 Apr. 2024
Santillan’s fight is a co-main event along a WBO lightweight title bout between three-division world champion Emanuel Navarrete (38-1-1, 31 KOs) and Denys Berinchyk (18-0, 9 KOs).
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
From experience, this unfortunately portends a nastier bout of the Coachella cough.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Undefeated contenders Richard Torrez Jr. (9-0, 9 KOs) and Brandon Moore (14-0, 8 KOs) will square off on the main event card which also features San Diego’s Giovani Santillan facing Brandon Norman Jr. in a welterweight bout.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
Rudie Obias, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024
By comparison, Netflix has only begun dipping in its toes to test the waters, signing a deal to show the Mike Tyson bout with Jake Paul as well as bring wrestling matches from WWE Raw to the platform come next year.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
Contemporary critics tend to breeze through the last two decades of Schwartz’s life, hitting only the saddest events: the second divorce; the increasing alcoholism; the unpublishable poems, many written during bouts of mania; the money problems; the undignified death.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The bout catapulted the expansion of the U.F.C., which soon bought rival companies and in 2011 signed a $700 million contract with Fox Sports.
—Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The biotech industry’s largest trade group has parted ways with its top lobbyist, the group confirmed to STAT, adding to a recent bout of organizational tumult.
—Rachel Cohrs Zhang and John Wilkerson, STAT, 10 Apr. 2024
Santillan’s fight is a co-main event along a WBO lightweight title bout between three-division world champion Emanuel Navarrete (38-1-1, 31 KOs) and Denys Berinchyk (18-0, 9 KOs).
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
From experience, this unfortunately portends a nastier bout of the Coachella cough.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Undefeated contenders Richard Torrez Jr. (9-0, 9 KOs) and Brandon Moore (14-0, 8 KOs) will square off on the main event card which also features San Diego’s Giovani Santillan facing Brandon Norman Jr. in a welterweight bout.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Bout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bout. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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bout
noun1
: a spell of activity
nonstop bout of reading
2
: an athletic match
wrestling bout
3
: attack entry 2 sense 3
a bout of measles
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