tooth and nail
Example Sentences
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ConocoPhillips is the country’s largest nonsovereign creditor and has been fighting tooth and nail to recoup the roughly $12 billion it is still owed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Paramount Skydance will be fighting this acquisition tooth and nail, including on antitrust grounds.
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2025
"We had to fight tooth and nail for that result," said Smith.
From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025
“We fought tooth and nail to retain those benefits,” said Williams, who is president of UMW Local 1188 in Coshocton County, in central Ohio’s Appalachian region.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2025
As with everything else he attempted, he had to fight tooth and nail to win a seat in the stern of one of Al Ulbrickson’s boats.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
