tooth and nail
Example Sentences
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EU leaders will still fight their corners tooth and nail, Magyar included.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
ConocoPhillips is the country’s largest nonsovereign creditor and has been fighting tooth and nail to recoup the roughly $12 billion it is still owed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Paramount Skydance will be fighting this acquisition tooth and nail, including on antitrust grounds.
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2025
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 • Oct. 2, 2025
That its director had to battle alone, tooth and nail, on behalf of 35 million black Americans.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
