fight
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The European Union has said it is deploying four specialised water-bombing planes to Spain and three to France to help fight the fires there after the two countries requested assistance.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Valdez saw that pointed, raw satire was not only necessary but a recruitment tool for the fight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“We fight like cats and dogs,” Schleifer said, “until he points out that he’s right and I’m wrong.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
As Park continued her fight, local media published what Coupang's former chief privacy officer claimed was a conversation with Chairman Bom Kim.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
In his first days at home, Elisha found himself lionized in the papers as an American superhero, and in a serious fight with his family.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
On Friday, Fury, 37, fights Mariusz Wach in the unlikely surroundings of Pattaya, Thailand.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He was also lighter than John McDermott and Daniil Peretyatko during a career spanning more than 17 years and 38 professional fights.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
I’ve also heard from various people telling me their whole financial picture, down to the pennies in their accounts, and the ins and outs of their divorces, estate fights and bad relationships with financial professionals.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
There are fist fights, transportation issues and far too many bathroom breaks for the cyborg’s ridiculous human rescues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
That was also one of the biggest fights ever on Herkimer Street when Pa came home from work that evening.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
But the parents who fought for it were nearly written out of the story.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
The army of South Vietnam, having fought successfully for two years after the U.S. withdrawal of combat personnel, was nevertheless in a comparatively weaker state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“And my daughter fought for a long time with extreme mental health, borderline personality disorder, other things, and did the best she could, until she couldn’t.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Any overhaul is likely to be hard fought.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Built in 1891, the West Virginia Colored Institute provided hope to many of our state’s Negro citizens as we fought to obtain an education.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
He then found himself fighting YG and a man he described as YG’s bodyguard, with Drakeo positioned a foot or two behind him and to his right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
No matter how such fighting resolves, many investors and executives say the era of cheaper AI is here to stay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Because of all the time spent fighting for compensation and answers, she was forced to close her furniture-making business.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
And she specifically worked on hundreds of cases involving defendants convicted of firearm-related crimes, fighting to get their convictions overturned or their sentences reduced.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
He and Chip were both equally tall and gangly—it wasn’t like Jonah had any extra muscles for fighting off attackers.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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