battling

Example Sentences

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Growing up, Gallagher and his older brother played games like “Halo,” battling alien armies to save humanity from extinction.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

At least 70 firefighters and park rangers have been battling the blaze.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

When they weren’t battling the Soviets, Johnson and his team were battling the Pentagon bureaucracy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

They are battling surging energy costs, fierce competition from China, and weak demand at a time when Europe's biggest economy is mired in a long stagnation.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Toby felt the oddest sensation then, as though every emotion he’d ever had—happiness, sadness, worry, surprise—was colliding inside his body, battling to see which one of them might win.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff