do battle with
Example Sentences
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Putting together the roster that will take aim at the first national championship in Red Raiders history, McGuire drew almost exclusively from the high-school programs he used to do battle with at Cedar Hill.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
Those with great experience on a subject have little to no ability to do battle with the smug, the young and the inexperienced.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025
"We will have to do battle with A23a for sure," says Andrew Newman from Argos Froyanes.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025
They must decide whether to carry on with life as normal, stay and do battle with a common enemy, or set out on their own, leaving behind the only home they’ve ever known.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2022
I came to work prepared to do battle with inmates, not fellow officers, and I felt I wasn’t handling it quite right.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
