How to Use bare-knuckle in a Sentence
bare-knuckle
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And bare-knuckle fighting fans have likely tuned in to beIN to catch a broadcast of the sport’s bloody bouts.
—Sarath Ganji, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
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Mucha is known for her bare-knuckle style of dealing with members of the media.
—Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
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Mullica said such bare-knuckle tactics aren’t a way to win votes, much less friends, in the building.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2024
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The brick building once housed mobsters and bare-knuckle boxers.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
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It’s been a chaotic ride, even for those accustomed to the bare-knuckle politics of this North Shore city.
—Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
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The man who believed in the potential of bare-knuckle fighting, even when others doubted.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
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His Trump ties have not bothered some Democrats, who have cheered Lowell’s bare-knuckle tactics on behalf of Biden, the president’s son.
—Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
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The result is a bare-knuckles portrait of a player who as a teenager rose to the pinnacle of his sport and peak celebrity in Germany, his home country.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
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With Triller, the only part that I was really actively involved in and still am is the Fight Club and bare-knuckle boxing, which is now the fastest growing combat sport.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
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In 2021, a right hand from Cleckler in the first round of bare-knuckle fight knocked out Justin Thornton, who was hospitalized for months and ultimately died.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
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Inside the city, the bare-knuckle brawl falls to Wagner, its recruits tasked with suicide dashes at Ukrainian lines to create openings for the rest to follow.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
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Kid is first seen in an ape mask fighting (and losing) bare-knuckle battles in an underground arena run by a sleazy South African (Sharlto Copley).
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
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He bare-knuckle punches with a split-second intensity that magnetizes the camera to his every move.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Apr. 2024
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Lester thinks that there’s some special alchemy in the way Brustein was simultaneously an avuncular, loving figure and a bare-knuckle scrapper.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
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The bare-knuckle affair featured a bracket with eight competitors using eight different fighting styles.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2024
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With a long tradition of one-party rule, a bare-knuckle political culture and an unusual patchwork of governmental fiefs, the state has been a hotbed for corruption that has felled city councilors, mayors, state legislators and members of Congress.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
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For years, the Wagner group has protected the leadership of the Central African Republic with bare-knuckle security enforcement, weaponry and propaganda campaigns.
—Elian Peltier Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
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