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Use "sparring" in a sentence
"Yep …. one day of verbal sparring is going to wipe out an entire year of constant FAILURE by the Obama tax-avoidance gang."
"Yep …. one day of verbal sparring is going to wipe out an entire year of constant republican obstuctionism."
"Their sparring is part of the fun of the show, and it's refreshing to not have it be clouded by the question of when they're going to fall into bed together."