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as in to compete
to engage in a contest everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display

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a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective the mayoral candidate pledged to lead a successful fight to improve the city's schools

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Recent Examples of fight
Verb
Earlier in the day, President Trump rejected reports that advisor Elon Musk would be briefed on how the U.S. would fight a hypothetical war with China. Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2025 Among the federal lawsuits fighting to continue the program, a hearing is scheduled Monday in federal court in northern California on a motion to speed up the sharing of evidence. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
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Set in Kinshasa, Zaire, in front of 60,000 fans, the fight became famous for the arrival of Ali’s trash-talking poetry and rope-a-dope defense en route to Ali’s eighth-round knockout. Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025 Following a yearlong hiatus, Foreman won five more fights in 1976 and early 1977 before being defeated by Jimmy Young, resulting in a near-death experience that prompted his unofficial retirement and his conversion to Christianity. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fight
Verb
  • Shaver, 40, of Kansas City, was left to grapple with the devastating loss after her 61-year-old mother spent 322 days on a ventilator battling the effects of the virus before succumbing to kidney failure.
    Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Sims had been battling illness and died in his sleep, per 247sports.
    Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
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  • He will be opposed by Rule 5 draft pick Shane Smith, who will be making his major league debut.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In a filing Tuesday, the US Attorney’s Office in Boston opposed Ozturk’s habeas petition, saying the Boston court does not have jurisdiction in the case because the Tufts University student was transferred out of the state shortly after her arrest.
    Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
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  • But here in New York, baseball as a mirror of society commences, commences with the rollout of Aaron Judge and Juan Soto competing crosstown — this year and for many seasons to come.
    Greg Marotta, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Every male in the crowd competes to align their tails with the lone female red-sided garter snake for a chance at copulation.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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  • Force an impatient couple to bicker in Route 23 traffic.
    Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Somehow McKay keeps the movie spinning even after Dale and Brennan stop bickering and start sticking together: Adam Scott, as Brennan’s snobby, overachieving brother, makes a terrific common enemy.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
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  • This was done by using the slender bridges to form triangles, a rigid shape found in engineering and architecture to resist bending and warping.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Despite causing great pain, Black couldn't resist naming the spine stuck in her foot BARBara.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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  • The clashes are a sign of growing tensions at the Lebanon-Syria border, northeast of the Beqaa valley, where predominantly Shiite Lebanese villages have seen skirmishes with Syrian soldiers in recent weeks.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
  • After his skirmish with Diarra, Neal waved his arms to fire up Creighton fans in the sellout crowd.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
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  • The past year hasn’t always been easy for the family, starting with Kentucky’s loss in the first round last March and continuing through the move to Arkansas and the Razorbacks’ struggles early in the season.
    Tim Casey, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • And for those wondering: Yes, despite her struggles Gay would still love to be a full-time actress.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
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  • Russia was expelled from the G8, sanctioned by the West and ostracized on the global stage because of its aggression against Ukraine.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Gandhi’s strategy of collective and collaborative unity, rather than aggression, effectively dismantled British dominance.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025

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