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Appeared in the February 24, 2026, print edition as 'Mexico Fights Back Against the Cartels'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Fights in democracy are nothing new and nothing wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

"Fights, Camera, Action" features an excerpt of a 1988 interview with the woman whose toaster is allegedly possessed by Satan, featured on the "Today" show.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

Fights about funding are probably the most common and sometimes ministers in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast have teamed up to make joint representations to the Treasury in London.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

Fights don’t solve matters, they just make things worse.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers