fought back
Example Sentences
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The journalists at times fought back tears as they reported what they saw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Director Paul Greengrass, then most recently of “The Bourne Supremacy,” took on the hijacked flight whose passengers fought back before it crashed in Pennsylvania.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Another crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers fought back.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
And passengers on United Flight 93 fought back and forced the plane they were on to crash in a field in the middle of Pennsylvania, sacrificing themselves in the hopes of saving others.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
She fought back another yawn and was grateful she had any sort of bed to sleep in that night.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
