do battle with
Example Sentences
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We wanted to peel back these contradictory layers — he wants to be pure but he has an egoic need for public glory — and show these things do battle with each other inside him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Putting together the roster that will take aim at the first national championship in Red Raiders history, McGuire drew almost exclusively from the high-school programs he used to do battle with at Cedar Hill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
"We will have to do battle with A23a for sure," says Andrew Newman from Argos Froyanes.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025
Syndication partnerships were so profitable that they set aside special "audit reserves" of as much as $1 million to do battle with the agency in tax court.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2023
Thousands of others were arriving by spacecraft every minute, to do battle with the Sixers and secure their own copy of the Jade Key.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
