might and main
Example Sentences
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A European Commission spokesman refused to speculate on the latest talks on Thursday, but said EU negotiators were working "might and main" to deliver a deal for Europe's consumers and companies.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025
What a paradox: This city, and the feds, are now trying with might and main to find housing for its veterans — in effect to re-create a barracks that thousands of veterans had called home.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
By correcting such lesions by might and main osteopaths claim that they can cure virtually all diseases.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Manhattan last week at their semi-annual International Conference for the Investigation of Vivisection, anti-vivisectionists displayed their might and main.
From Time Magazine Archive
Emory A. Storrs, attorney for the heavy brokers, is in Washington working might and main for its defeat.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
