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For example, she’s been involved with a campaign fighting against the anti-smacking movement, which seeks to ban hitting children in places like Wales.

From Ozy

Injuries to the back of the body might have occurred in fighting.

Some say fighting has no place in the sport, while others would counter that a certain degree of on-ice policing is required.

The central bank’s commitment to loose monetary policy, and to keep credit flowing on the cheap were pivotal moves in giving equities a fighting chance as the broader economy crashed into recession.

From Fortune

In 2002, during a period of intense fighting between Palestine and Israel, anthropologist Richard Sosis took a taxi from Jerusalem to Tzfat, in northern Israel.

First, one fights with another, then they make an alliance, then they go back to fighting each other.

Part of the problem is the mandate of the war and the means with which the U.S. is fighting it do not match up.

He said it was okay, that he had been busy too… busy fighting serious intestinal problems.

So here we are with Abbas being the only one of three parties to this conflict still fighting for a two-state solution.

Just a week before the start of a new Congress, the new House majority whip is fighting for his political life.

There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.

He thought they were now in touch with our troops at "X" but that they had been through some hard fighting to get there.

He has been ashore at Kum Kale and reports violent fighting and, for the time being, victory.

They held the compound against repeated assaults, and lost several men in hand-to-hand fighting.

A hundred more had been taken during the night fighting, but there was treachery and some of those were killed.

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On this page you'll find 118 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fighting, such as: battling, belligerent, boxing, brawling, contending, and determined.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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