fight to the finish
Example Sentences
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The Lakers fight to the finish in Game 5 at Denver, but Jamal Murray again hits the clutch shot with four seconds left to give Nuggets the victory.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024
The Knights couldn’t come up with an encore after eliminating Purdue, but not before putting up a fight to the finish.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 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
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
