How to Use fight on in a Sentence
fight on
phrasal verb-
For those who fought on the side of the South and were displaced, the wounds from the war remain unhealed.
— Quyen Do, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024 -
Hezbollah has vowed to fight on until a cease-fire in the Gaza war.
— John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2024 -
He was slated to have his first big fight on ESPN in a few weeks.
— Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023 -
The pair got into a fight on July 16 over who got to use the private jet to fly to the Bahamas.
— Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2023 -
From the dawn of the motorcar to today, the microcar has fought on.
— Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 27 May 2024 -
Butler had more even ground to fight on — first the sands of the arena, then the smooth tiles of the imperial palace.
— Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2024 -
Her husband does not share her willingness to fight on the front.
— Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2024 -
The pause held; there were no reports of fighting on either side.
— Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023 -
This issue could become one of the biggest across-the-aisle fights on this package.
— Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2023 -
Cowboys will show fight on screen in team meeting room.
— Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 29 July 2023 -
Cooler weather and more moisture in the air helped the fight on Saturday, as crews approached the fire from both the ground and the air.
— John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024 -
The first fight on the UFC 300 card pits two former champions against each other.
— Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 -
This year, the election is being fought on the battleground of the economy.
— NBC News, 4 July 2024 -
Articles like this one will help us in our fights on the social media wars.
— Michael O'Rielly, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023 -
About the same time, King saw two men fighting on 14th Street and asked them to stop because of the nearby police presence.
— John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024 -
But a fight on Thursday on a speeding A train in Brooklyn that started with those taunts did not end there.
— Michael Wilson, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024 -
When the Kens are fighting on the beach the background suddenly changes to a pastel background with the Kens dressed in monotones.
— Time, 21 July 2023 -
Why does Israel need to be told to allow food to starving people if this war is being fought on the up-and-up?
— Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024 -
Of course, now there is fighting on multiple fronts in Gaza and Lebanon, Israel, with new strikes overnight.
— NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024 -
Americans fought on both sides of that divide here at home, too, and their stories will curl your hair.
— CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023 -
He was shot by Russians while fighting on the front lines near Kupiansk.
— Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2023 -
The important thing is to always have the desire to fight on every point, always trying to bring out the best.
— Giacomo Aricò, Vogue, 14 July 2024 -
Mark Steyn and Rand Simberg, however, are still being forced to fight on.
— Nr Editors, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024 -
Following a first fight on the porch, the brothers followed the victim and a witness onto the driveway.
— Louis Casiano, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2024 -
Macfarlane gamely fought on, but struggled to put weight on the injured leg the remainder of the fight.
— Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023 -
With the exception of Ukraine, no country in the room was actually fighting on the front lines.
— Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2024 -
With victory in hand, Abbott Labs will now begin the next phase of its legal fight on much stronger ground.
— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024 -
But Canada might have a fight on its hands that mirrors what the U.S. government was up against before its about-face.
— IEEE Spectrum, 16 Mar. 2024 -
Whoever is in the White House, Trump or Harris, will have a political fight on their hands.
— Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024 -
Unfortunately, Anders had a medical situation that forced him out of the fight on Saturday, the same day as the event.
— Brian Mazique, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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