fight
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Some in Washington see aluminum policy as a fight over smelters — the plants that actually make raw aluminum.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
But they’ve learned not to trust us too much, and they’re ready to fight.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
“To speak up, you have to fight both worlds,” she said, referring to familial and societal constraints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The sight afterwards was a sobering one as Itauma - who suffered a first defeat in his 15th pro fight - left the arena on a stretcher, before being taken to hospital.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
He pushed his palms against his eyes to fight his tears of disappointment and heartbreak.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Three years on, she will want fights of that level – especially after Saturday night's result.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“So we watch these fights within a family, which represent the fights that we’re all having together, trying to move forward as a culture.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Itauma, 21, is unbeaten in 14 professional fights and faces Croatia's Filip Hrgovic for the vacant IBF heavyweight title at London's O2 Arena on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
There’s been no sign of a middle life panic, no whispers of a comeback, no social media meltdowns or slap fights with Jake Paul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
"What kind of a man fights for something that he knows is wrong?"
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
"I must have got a really good one in and so it let me go. It was the hardest thing in the world, but I fought my way out of there."
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Americans have fought for “abstractions” plenty of times, including two bloody World Wars, both of which were fought on foreign shores.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
United Flight 93 was one of four hijacked jets and was reportedly headed to the US Capitol when passengers and crew onboard fought the hijackers, before it crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all aboard.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Hollywood has fought hard for protections from AI in the prolonged writers’ and actors’ strikes of 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The showiness of the feathers fought with the busy floral pattern and overshadowed the jacket.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Temu and TikTok Shop are fighting for shoppers’ scroll time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The April ceasefire put an end to the most intense fighting, but sporadic attacks -- mainly around the Strait of Hormuz -- have dimmed prospects for a final peace agreement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
That fighting offset any hopes for a supply increase after Venezuela said the U.S. would help develop 17 oil fields that have 65 billion barrels of proved reserves.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
"He was throwing too much. He was fighting like an amateur," Hrgovic said afterwards.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
In a matter of seconds, Mr. Garner went back to his sports section and Mrs. Garner started cleaning up and Freddy and Teddy started fighting over the last Pop-Tart in the box.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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