Other Word Forms
- unfighting adjective
Etymology
Origin of fighting
Example Sentences
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In the following years, they built a flourishing movement fighting for farmworkers’ rights, employing marches, fasts and other nonviolent protest actions.
From Los Angeles Times
“I believed that exposing the truth,” Huerta wrote in a short essay, “would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for.”
From Los Angeles Times
Citing sources in the Danish government and military, and also among European allies, DR says blood supplies were also brought in to treat the wounded in the event of fighting.
From BBC
So forgive us for pointing out the character of the actual enemy our troops are fighting.
Its vibrato fury bursts out only when she’s fighting for her life.
From Los Angeles Times
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