fight to the finish
Example Sentences
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McCarthy vowed to fight to the finish, going multiple rounds of painstaking floor votes — a sight unseen in Congress since the disputed speaker’s race of 1923.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023
“I just understood that if you want to win, then you have to fight to the finish in every fight, as if it was the last and decisive battle.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022
With coach Tyronn Lue in COVID-19 protocols and eight players unavailable, the Clippers fight to the finish but fall 116-108 to the Raptors in Toronto.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2022
In melee matches, up to four knights fight to the finish, until one is left standing.
From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2021
Whatever had happened at Nutley Copse, the Efrafans could not fight to the finish against rabbits like Bigwig, Holly and Silver without losing lives—probably a good many lives.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
