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"Farage's plan to turn this by-election into a serious political battle failed," Queen Mary University of London politics professor Stijn van Kessel told AFP, noting the resulting spectacle "makes Farage look rather silly".

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

"I was trying to one-up him every single time, and he was trying to one-up me. It was almost like a battle," she recalls.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The proposal includes potentially selling the 65-acre Paramount lot in Hollywood — as well as the larger Warner Bros. campus in Burbank, should Paramount prevail in the merger battle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking on Amazon in a battle over the city’s delivery workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The admiral rode proudly on Mama Woof, crowing and singing like a victorious general returning from battle, but Penelope kept looking over her shoulder.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Too pure for endless battles over a damn chair.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

With no one interesting to root for, I lost track of “HOTD’s” labyrinth of houses, realms, battles and armies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Ugly accusations often fly in custody battles, but these aren’t the first against Miller.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Some of its most powerful writing has nothing to do with battles or soldiers’ stories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

And then of course Shasta begged to be told of the battles and wars in which Bree had carried the Tarkaan.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

Iga Swiatek will meet Elena Rybakina in the Canadian Open final after both players battled through their semi-finals in three sets.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

John also battled with the pressures of Hollywood and chronic anxiety, something not openly talked about at that time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Early this week, France and Spain battled huge fires - two of the main ones were close to Madrid and Bordeaux respectively.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Reile battled WSI for six months to get a $150 cushion for his wheelchair, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Percy hadn’t crossed swords with an opponent like this since...well, since he’d battled the war god Ares.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Firefighters were battling wildfires Saturday in Burbank and Santa Clarita.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday that soldiers would get a pay increase of up to 80% for the government's "deep appreciation" of those battling the nation's enormous security threats.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, across the pond, Europeans are battling their own record-breaking wildfires in the U.K.,

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Despite facing above-target inflation, the Bank of Japan has been careful about raising interest rates after decades of battling the opposite risk: deflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

“It is somewhat awry, with the bow aslant from the stern, but it hath an air, as if it had been battling the storm.”

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli