fighting

Example Sentences

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"Now the so-called 'fighting reconnaissance stage' is taking place along the entire length of the front," Serhii Kuzan, co-founder and chairman of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre, told the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023

“It’s definitely not ‘fighting Nazism’,” @GermanEmbassySA tweeted on Saturday.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2022

Parler’s policies ban certain types of content, including ‘fighting words’ or ‘threats to harm’ that include threats of violence against an individual or group, obscenity and pornography.

From Reuters • Jan. 12, 2021

“And naturally, as you know, online arguments typically get people angry and using what would be described as ‘fighting words’ on the street, but not online.

From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2020

We may be sure he applied his principle of the worse armed but handier fleet, not 'grappling,' as 'a great many malignant fools' contended Lord Howard ought, but 'fighting loose or at large.'

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)