fight
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The dispute between Hearn and White is the latest stumbling block following years of failed negotiations around the fight.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The English and Normans share a regalia of chain mail, teardrop-shaped shields and long spears, but the Normans are cavalrymen while the Saxons fight with spears and clubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
It culminates in a deeply unserious fight scene where everyone is very obviously not throwing punches.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
Walton says filming can take him away for six months, while preparing to fight demands an eight-week camp and complete focus.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
We’ve been in a fight for two years!
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Ali’s mournful assassin is trying to stay one step ahead of his enemies and, likewise, the movie fights like hell to elude conventionality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Ruffy, from Brazil, has two consecutive victories in his most recent bouts, though he has won nine of his last 10 fights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Companies often adopt some of these demands to avoid costly proxy and legal fights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Widely considered "Canada's greatest warrior", Chuvalo was known for his iron chin, relentless durability, and fights against world famous fighters like George Foreman, Joe Frazier, and Ali.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Listener fights with air and speaks with silence ...
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The Zionist community in Palestine fought and defeated a coalition of Arab states in the Israeli War of Independence of 1947-49.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Leyshon has called on TfW to "get the travel right" after the fight night rail service was criticised when Joshua fought in Cardiff in 2018.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Gen. Andrea Joy Campbell said the states were “unable to secure every protection we fought for,” and that she “would have liked to see more.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
In unpacking the new single title, Harper’s Bazaar suggested that maybe modern-day fame is the disease, and Swift the “early guinea pig” who has fought against sexism and re-created her own masters.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
That’s what Avery said to me that day we fought.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Warren has been fighting for a while to hold private equity firms responsible for the well-being of the companies they own.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
They grew up fighting for every inch they could make.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
But oil started lower Friday morning as traders weighed reports of a potential proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz—a key energy-shipping route blocked off by the fighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
A Mekelle resident told the BBC's Newsday programme on Thursday there had been no clashes in the city, unlike in the previous war, with most fighting happening elsewhere.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
It was very hard going for the dogs, fighting the wind and the snow, and I couldn’t help them, lying half dead in the sled.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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