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battling









ADJECTIVE
warring
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The country’s Counter-Terrorism Service, a U.S.-trained force known for battling ISIS, commanded an estimated 14,000 soldiers as of 2024, fewer than the militias.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Today is not like 2022, when the Fed was battling surging inflation with an aggressive rate-hiking cycle, Kourkafas noted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

The love story is the kind of theme that sometimes it’s OK to lean into, even though he’s constantly battling whether he should explore it in his films, Wilson added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

You're battling all the mental side that comes with it as well.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Being chased by witches and warlocks, battling monsters, even defeating demons, was nothing compared to the task of facing the reality of our father’s abandonment.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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