arm-wrestle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Introduced after a bit of an arm-wrestle with the food industry, Nutri-Score is a voluntary front-of-pack label for pre-packaged food.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The second game of the second set was tense, Rybakina saving three break points in a 10-minute arm-wrestle.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
The Northampton Saints scrum-half, 27, says he noticed an opportunity amid the forwards arm-wrestle, which Daly exploited.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025
The American converted four of eight break points in an arm-wrestle of a contest against Giron.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 21, 2023
The time has come to arm-wrestle some demons.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Bill Murray shouted the lyrics to Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” and later arm-wrestled with a fan.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022
I’ve also arm-wrestled with Kathryn for the rights to talk Babylon Berlin and won, so put a pin in that for me.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2020
It was a bad move by Phil because Miller is left-handed and had also arm-wrestled a lot as a kid growing up in San Francisco.
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 11, 2017
After two seasons and a 12-20 record, he left Washington with most of the outlandish 5-year, $25 million contract he arm-wrestled owner Dan Snyder for and went back to the college ranks at South Carolina.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2015
Sitting at the bar, Odum and Brannon arm-wrestled while members of the squadron slapped down money on the bar betting on their favorites.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Held on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul –- a vast mountain lake in northern Kyrgyzstan -- athletes have been competing in dozens of disciplines: from intellectual board games to arm-wrestling.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Past highlights of the festival include “Parasite” filmmaker Bong Joon Ho spiking a beach ball into the audience or Arnold Schwarzenegger arm-wrestling a 9-year-old boy, outrageous moments that won’t happen anywhere else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
Or petition for a change in roommates by arm-wrestling the dean.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Some of Giroux’s best moments came off the ice, like the time former coach Craig Berube challenged Giroux to an arm-wrestling contest at a bar in Nashville.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
How I miss being touched—Nan stroking my hair, Darin arm-wrestling me and pretending to lose, Pop squeezing my shoulder good night.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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