fight over

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The committee vote followed a bruising fight over whether crypto exchange Coinbase and other firms could offer so-called rewards that pay recurring fees to holders of popular tokens.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said Washington was "not looking for a fight" over the waterway, while warning that any more attacks would be met with a "devastating response."

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

If some of the sudden national attention can feel like hot air, the local fight over these issues is about to get very real.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

In the fight over solar development, Heath said he was bombarded by just about every argument from critics — including claims that solar fields are a health hazard.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

Virginia’s governor, Lindsay Almond capitulated in the fight over schools, reopening Norfolk, Charlottesville, and Front Royal schools in 1959 and inching toward integration: eighty-six black students in those districts now attended school with whites.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly