fighting back

Example Sentences

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This could be a "rare example of the British environment fighting back", he says.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Salesforce is fighting back by selling its own agents under the Agentforce banner.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

These immigrants, many of whom were arrested “without warning at work, at routine check-ins with immigration authorities or after immigration court proceedings,” are fighting back with lawsuits against the federal government.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

“I feel like I’m getting a divorce with the amount of fighting back and forth, the ‘he said, she said,’ and emotions instead of logic,” Hurlock said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

He pulled his knees up to his belly and writhed in the bed, fighting back the gagging.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko