might and main
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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
It is played with might and main by a typical stock company group, unknown to Broadway, who know how to send their lines booming across the footlights as if kicking a field goal.
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By correcting such lesions by might and main osteopaths claim that they can cure virtually all diseases.
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They ran after him might and main, Andrea leading, and the princess's lacquey next.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles