- present participle of fight.
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Dellanie, an NHS nurse, said: "Whilst your child is poorly and you are fighting for her life, the bills don't stop coming."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
“You could see him fighting himself a little bit,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Some analysts doubt Warsh is willing to wait two or three years to achieve that goal, based on his recent tough talk and his pre-Trump history of favoring an aggressive approach to fighting inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, Jeanie Buss, the late Lakers owner Jerry Buss’ daughter, is fighting to hold on to a piece of the Lakers against Jerry Buss’s five other children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
She was fighting just like I was against the invisible ropes that pulled me toward the baby.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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