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battle

[bat-l] / ˈbæt l /




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Unable to save his wife, and grievously injured from a battle with his former mentor, he became a running dog of a fascist empire that aimed to rule the entire galaxy.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

Scott Gillen’s decadelong plan to build an ultraexclusive Malibu enclave is in jeopardy after entities tied to the developer filed for bankruptcy amid an ongoing battle with his partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The two women who have charted vastly different life paths are now locked in a contentious battle for mayor of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

You have enough on your plate and don’t need to get into a months- or years-long battle of wits with your stepmother.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

It was a battle of strength, whales versus robots, with the iceberg caught in between.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

“We need to treat deep precision strike as deterrence,” Nowak said, noting that if Ukraine had it early in the war, fighting wouldn’t have “resulted in trench battles like in World War I.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

With all that history and so many battles, Black Americans have shown what it takes to never give up.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

“He’s all insecurities and anxieties, but he’s also all of the good things, the battles with being a good person, empathetic person who’s trying their absolute best.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Legislative battles over the fate of the cultural tradition that's nearly as old as Central Park itself have been ongoing for nearly two decades.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Great battles will take place, all across the world.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

At the restart, Leclerc locked his left front wheel heavily as Verstappen and Hamilton battled for the lead in front of him, and Antonelli passed him at the start of the next lap.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Working with the U.S. law firm Covington & Burling LLP, Naftogaz battled in the courts for nearly a decade with no result.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The powerful winds also battered northern France across the Channel as Europe battled its first big autumn storms of the year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Fire crews also battled a fire at Limoges town hall, which caused part of the building to collapse.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

For hours they battled their way westward in a blizzard.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

But as their customers have fallen into crisis, battling Chinese competition, high production costs at home and weakening demand, suppliers have been hit hard.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Later in the race, Leclerc's lock-up after the red flag left him battling a flat spot on his tyre, and he was pressured heavily by McLaren's Lando Norris.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Protester Sekar, 37, said her "heart is shattered" by the plight of compatriots battling months of wildfires and haze while also contending with the effects of a weakening currency and higher prices.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

It isn’t only passenger jets that are battling to find safe routings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

I finally fall asleep and dream of the Greek Titans in my school lesson, battling to a backdrop of thundering bass in "Da qual tremore insolito" from Don Giovanni.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper


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