tooth and nail
Example Sentences
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She has said she will “fight tooth and nail against any effort to further roll back these fundamental protections.”
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026
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
"We had to fight tooth and nail for that result," said Smith.
From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025
Highlighting her record as education secretary, Phillipson said she had fought "tooth and nail" for policies like the expansion of free school meals.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025
That its director had to battle alone, tooth and nail, on behalf of 35 million black Americans.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
