- present participle of fight.
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During the fiercest fighting of the war with Iran, as many as half the attacks on Saudi Arabia came from inside Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
In the last couple of years Tottenham and Manchester United have found themselves fighting at the wrong end of the table, while teams like Aston Villa, Brentford and Brighton have been battling at the top.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
“We were less interested in looking at the tech titans than the Davids of this world — the people that were fighting them,” Michelle added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Puerto has framed the suit as a way of fighting back against laws that she feels have compromised the future she wanted to give herself and her children.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
After he’d climbed out the window and glanced back, had the papers been sliding across the table, as the fighting men jolted it from below?
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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