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- noun Plural form of
duel .
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Examples
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Sulu has a sword battle that is on level with some of the cooler lightsaber duels from the Star Wars prequels.
Things I Noticed While Watching 20 Minutes of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek | /Film 2008
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Here is the answer to the recent film quiz: Joeseph Conrad wrote the story of two Napoleonic soldiers engaged in duels for decades, which was adapted into a film called “The Duellists” by Ridley Scott.
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Here is the answer to the recent film quiz: Joeseph Conrad wrote the story of two Napoleonic soldiers engaged in duels for decades, which was adapted into a film called “The Duellists” by Ridley Scott.
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Waiting, as in duels or at public executions, for the moment of first blood.
In the Footsteps of Tocqueville Bernard-Henri L 2005
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Waiting, as in duels or at public executions, for the moment of first blood.
In the Footsteps of Tocqueville Bernard-Henri L 2005
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The earthman allows the criticism of the aristocrat, but mentions that Earthmen do not murder each other in duels, or spill blood over petty disagreements.
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I am aware, m'sieur, that this is most unusual – and, in duels – forbidden.
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Whether it be lawful for one private man to make war upon another in those encounters which we commonly call duels?
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII. 1634-1716 1823
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Whether it can be lawful for one particular man to make war upon another in those encounters which we commonly call duels?
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII. 1634-1716 1823
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We hear of men being shot in duels about nothing every day, so it is really a weakness in me to think so much about poor Lawless's death, as Harriot Freke said to me at the time.
Belinda 1801
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