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He was duelling with a warrior who wore the head of a bull and looked like the Minotaur.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

Not until that generation had well-nigh passed away was duelling virtually extinguished by the condemnation of society.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane

It must also be noticed that Christianity was part and parcel of the articles of war; and so was duelling.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

Oh, don’t I wish there was duelling still!”

From The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War by Boucher, W.