battle
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Jason Grant made a diving catch in the end zone with eight seconds left to lift Crenshaw past host Palisades 34-29 on Friday night in a battle of likely City Section Open Division playoff teams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
In the middle of a cheering crowd in Mexico City, two teenagers are limbering up for battle.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Matt Crooks: Dominated the central midfield battle, industrious and encouraging while never letting his own standards slip.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
William has faced the life-changing experience of supporting his wife through her cancer treatment while watching his father fight his own battle with the disease.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
As the battle turned into a deadlock, it became clear that although the French ships outnumbered the English, some two hundred vessels to eighty, the English had a huge advantage.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
While the Buss siblings battles to sell their Lakers shares, Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong says he won’t sell his stake in the team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Their battles had come to define entire eras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
You do battles, you meet so many people.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He headed a unit conducting operations behind enemy lines in Chernobyl after Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, and participated in many battles in eastern Ukraine, according to his official biography.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Barack could happily end a day in a faraway hotel with all sorts of political battles brewing and loose ends floating.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Panettiere gave birth to her daughter, with boxing champ Wladimir Klitschko, in 2014 and battled postpartum depression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Firefighters battled a wildfire tearing through Belgium's largest nature reserve on Saturday, with the blaze described as the country's worst in recent history.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
More than 100 firefighters and two water bombing planes battled through the night to contain a major forest fire that broke out on Friday on the Croatian island of Dugi otok, threatening many homes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Iga Swiatek will meet Elena Rybakina in the Canadian Open final after both players battled through their semi-finals in three sets.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Fischer screamed at Edmundson that he had been seeing too many people, and for the next ten days as he and Petrosian battled, Bobby agreed to see only the young Argentine player Miguel Quinteros.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
He has been battling for the starting job at left guard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Firefighters hacked their way through boggy terrain overnight to fully surround Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, but crews were still battling numerous flare-ups in the High Fens nature reserve.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
She was also battling back from a severe lower back injury that left her almost paralyzed last year.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Tarik Skubal has yet to have a Cy Young-caliber start for the Dodgers, but at least he’s battling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
His mom had been battling a mad fruit-fly infestation ever since the weather had turned really warm.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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