fight
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But in her fight for the right to have telemedicine followups with the out-of-state doctor who helped save her life, she is losing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Since the coup, some of Myanmar's myriad ethnic minority factions have banded with pro-democracy guerrillas to fight the armed forces.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Credit cards are now the sharpest competitive weapon airlines have in their never-ending fight for travelers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Treasury yields rose as Fed officials reinforced the central bank’s commitment to fight inflation and U.S. indicators mostly surprised on the upside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The hope is that opposing military forces will peacefully occupy the area, since there is no reason to fight.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
He moved up two divisions in 2025 for two fights against Chris Eubank Jr at middleweight, before beating Regis Prograis in April at a catchweight - 3lb above the welterweight limit.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
One of those groups will focus on how the Fed fights inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
It has led some in Parliament to envisage a scenario where Nigel Farage fights and wins one by-election, only to be confronted by another.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Experts who are calculating the water demands of the biggest infrastructure buildout in U.S. history say this could lead to regional fights over who gets an increasingly scarce resource.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
And there was so much animosity between the Abwehr and the Gestapo that they weren't allowed to frequent many of the same places because it would result in fights.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
But in between, Charlotte, now 43, says they fought over who got the first look at the mail-order catalogs that, at the time, were the first to cater specifically to a tween and teen-girl audience.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
General Aung San fought with and against both the British and the Japanese colonisers as he sought independence, but was assassinated on July 19, 1947, just months before his dream was realised.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Crew members fought the fire but eventually abandoned ship, according to Vanguard, a maritime security company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The whole reason thousands of men fought a war over the most beautiful woman alive is that there’s only one of them — unless undermining that excuse is the point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
It’s also possible that their friendship developed while they both fought for the liberation of the Philippines.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
"Just how it is in any household, I think there's so much going down all the time, you're sometimes fighting to find your own lane," she recently told the New York Times.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Jeff Steiman, one of about 300 mobile home owners at the park, said he and others spent years fighting the city and the developer, trying to get payouts to match what their homes were worth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Iran’s gross domestic product is expected to shrink by 5.4% this year, according to forecasts by the International Monetary Fund prepared before the recent uptick in fighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
China and Pakistan's foreign ministers called Friday for the US and Iran to stop fighting and resume talks, according to a statement following a meeting in Shanghai.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
In a matter of seconds, Mr. Garner went back to his sports section and Mrs. Garner started cleaning up and Freddy and Teddy started fighting over the last Pop-Tart in the box.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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