fights back
Example Sentences
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Three months after state vets seized and killed hundreds of his sheep to stamp out an ongoing pox pandemic, Kostas Theofilou fights back tears as he gazes at his empty stable.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
“Infinite choice is exhausting. People are just tired of all of it. Putting a claim down on a piece of culture is in some ways subversive and fights back against platform control,” said Saxon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
The spreadsheet eventually fights back, and the spreadsheet always wins.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
And as Germans, because of our history, we have a democracy that fights back, that can defend itself.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
Mean-spirited and restless, I fight constantly with Chou, who is older and more timid than I, and she only fights back with words.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
