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After just two years in charge and a run to the World Cup round of 16, Mauricio Pochettino will take on a club that now finds itself in a Premier League relegation battle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

"It is always a set-piece battle and England do a very good job of scrum and line-out, they are obviously very physical," he says.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

“Ebenezer” marks Johnny Depp’s return to film after his messy legal battle with Amber Heard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

But "we have not lost the battle", he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

In the battle that followed, the Santo Antonio, one of the most important ships remaining in the Portuguese fleet, was sunk.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Other ethnic tensions and cattle-rustling battles have also complicated the picture in one of the world's poorest countries.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

House and Senate Republicans have already worked through their battles and elected leaders for the next Congress, and House Democrats will vote internally on their speaker nominee next week.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026

Nasser Hospital and others were sites of extended battles that caused widespread damage to Gaza’s healthcare system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Civil War — a move that earned him the epithet “King Lincoln” and spurred bitter court fights and ugly battles in Congress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Despite all they’d been through and all the battles they’d won, they still seemed no closer to defeating Gaea.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Revels was not the only member of his family who battled slavery.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

At the restart, Leclerc locked his left front wheel heavily as Verstappen and Hamilton battled for the lead in front of him, and Antonelli passed him at the start of the next lap.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

He battled Rays reliever Ian Seymour for eight pitches, fouling off a collection of well-placed fastballs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

But business leaders have grown impatient with the slow pace of reforms as German companies have battled high energy prices, US tariffs and stiff Chinese competition, particularly in Germany's renowned automotive sector.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

“You need to do something like that song ol’ boy you battled got.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

The actor had been battling Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Security forces are battling an intensifying militancy in the border province they say emanates from Afghanistan, an accusation its Taliban government denies.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

Two classic Big Ten programs that despise each other, barely clinging to dignity, battling it out in a face-saving duel for an anthropomorphic fruit-filled pastry best served after toasting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

"You're battling at the time with the diagnosis and the treatment and the surgery and how that's going to impact you," Jo explains.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

I saw her making her way up Montego Drive as if she was battling a headwind.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English