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gladiator

noun

ˈgla-dē-ˌā-tər

Definition of gladiator

as in boxer

one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists the two punch-drunk gladiators stumbled to their corners

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Recent Examples of gladiator That’s just the state of American sports But this isn’t just a problem related to 6-foot giants in gladiator-esque helmets and cleats. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 Rome — Rome’s ancient Colosseum, where gladiators were once gored by wild animals to the delight of cheering crowds, has never exactly been associated with safety. — Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 Several others were Olympic rowers, with a weightlifter, Olympic gladiator and NASA engineer rounding out the team. — Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 There’s nothing that gives you that same feel of being the gladiator in the ring. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gladiator

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His older brother Vitali, also a former champion boxer, is mayor of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.

— Andrew Dalton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
And my dad’s just this confident Boston College graduate, boxer, businessman.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

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Earlier this week, Yemen's military said its forces had uprooted Houthi fighters from the areas around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a Red Sea shipping chokepoint, and the port city of Mocha.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
That month, around 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace, and three Russian fighter jets crossed into Estonian airspace before being shot down and chased out, respectively, by NATO forces.

— Julianne Smith, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026

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