fight back

Example Sentences

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New homeowners aren’t powerless, though — they just need to know how to fight back and plan for the future.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

The streamer noted he didn’t touch the Vulins during the interview or attempt to fight back after the confrontation started to get physical.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The exiles, who hang paintings of their activist heroes at Chagos Refugees Group headquarters in Pointe aux Sables and slap down dominoes outside of the Chagos Boutique in Tombeau Bay, have tried to fight back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

But having beaten Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals and held off a fight back from world number two Luke Humphries to win a thrilling semi-final 6-5, Clayton proved a challenge too far.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“Sir, as I remember, Heth’s got near ten thousand men. They’re all within sound of the fight, back that road, between here and Cashtown.”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara