Word: bouting
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...Inside the arena, there was a conspicuous lack of Western Europeans or Americans - strange for a title bout involving the biggest name heavyweight American fighter left. The only noticeable foreigners were those attached to the event itself, the pint-sized Latin fighters on the undercard and the backslapping members of the sport's professional traveling circus...
Number of years he expected the journey to take, before being delayed by two broken legs, a bout of depression and a crocodile attack...
...confidence to make more attempts. “She’s been taking a lot of good shots, and has the desire to score,” Leone said. “It is a very good performance for her today.” Continuing a strong bout on the Catamounts, Merritt kicked the ball into open space past Vermont’s defenders to assist Sheeleigh 15 minutes later. The rookie raced in for the kill, propelling a clear goal that was carrying too much momentum to be stopped by the goalkeeper’s outstretched hand...
...first few years of his career working for the Indian Secularist, a tiny journal in Mumbai. After the bloody anti-Muslim riots of 1992, Vijay is sent by his editor to a mountain tea town where a religious shrine threatens to become the rallying point for another bout of violence. The novel is both artful rhetoric and page-turning thriller. Davidar, the former head of publishing giant Penguin's India operations (and now Penguin's top man in Canada), keeps the story rolling on even as he sketches wonderful little scenes of Indian life and explores religious zealotry...
...While Tucker keeps the comedy percolating, Chan mans the action scenes: the chase in L.A. of his old friend-nemesis Kenji; a bout of farcical fisticuffs with a, like, 9-ft.-tall martial artist; a wild ride in the taxicab; a decent hand-to-hand skirmish with a female ninja in a Paris casino; a swordfight with Kenji; and a two-against-the-world battle at the top of the Eiffel Tower...