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
Those with great experience on a subject have little to no ability to do battle with the smug, the young and the inexperienced.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025
"We will have to do battle with A23a for sure," says Andrew Newman from Argos Froyanes.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025
Perhaps it was left over from her dream in which an unseen monster made its way toward her small fishing village in Japan, and she was expected to do battle with it.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
