fighting off
Example Sentences
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Polished after-hours programs with a live audience, large teams of writers and producers and high-priced hosts are fighting off obsolescence as traditional TV audiences get smaller and ad revenues shrink.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Even Maekar’s political analysis cracks when confronted with the visual of Baelor standing in the mud with borrowed armor, fighting off Duncan’s foes, and of the assembled commons cheering for the hedge knight.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
Queen Camilla has spoken for the first time publicly about fighting off an attacker on a train when she was a teenager, in an interview broadcast Wednesday.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
Vitamin C has long been sold as a winter essential, but according to Dr McCartney, the evidence simply isn't strong enough to recommend it when it comes to fighting off colds.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
He and Chip were both equally tall and gangly—it wasn’t like Jonah had any extra muscles for fighting off attackers.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
