slugfest in English

noun
1
a tough and challenging contest, especially in sports such as boxing and baseball.
Covering these slugfests blends sports reporting and instant history.
noun

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1. 1 The race for senator has become a political slugfest.

2. 2 This one is a genuine slugfest with plenty of tank batlles.

3. 7 The annual Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race is much the same: a slugfest between predominantly non-British mercenaries.

4. 3 If the enemy usually benefited from an am-bush, he was more likely to regret a proper slugfest.

5. 6 By that standard, AARP may be outmuscled only by the White House in the slugfest over restructuring Social Security.

6. 8 Like most everybody else, he'd just like to see a good ol' fashioned slugfest with skill and courage displayed by the combatants.

7. 5 A separate showdown is also under way: a high-stakes slugfest pitting euro zone leaders and their competing visions of the currency union against each other.

8. “The Contentiousness came to a head just before the primary, when the two candidates met in the street and engaged in a half-hour verbal slugfest.” Noun Marked by disagreements, debate or controversy

9. 4 He's a fast, powerful and explosive boxer, who's agile enough and crafty enough to outbox even the slickest men in the game, but strong enough to win a slugfest with its hardest hitters.