tooth and nail
Example Sentences
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“We should be fighting tooth and nail to retain all of our companies,” Walker said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 10, 2026
EU leaders will still fight their corners tooth and nail, Magyar included.
From Barron's β Apr. 13, 2026
She has said she will “fight tooth and nail against any effort to further roll back these fundamental protections.”
From Slate β Mar. 17, 2026
Highlighting her record as education secretary, Phillipson said she had fought "tooth and nail" for policies like the expansion of free school meals.
From BBC β Oct. 2, 2025
As with everything else he attempted, he had to fight tooth and nail to win a seat in the stern of one of Al Ulbrickson’s boats.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
