Example Sentences

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"My wife and daughter are American, and instead of spending Christmas with them, I am fighting to prevent my unlawful deportation from my home country."

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

I am fighting to build something better that me and my generation can inherit, and I see a world in which we can build something better.

From Salon • May 10, 2025

“I did not have to enter this race, but I keep coming back to what I am fighting for, what we are teaching our children,” Farrell said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

"Maybe for the sake of the Ezgi Building, such things will not happen in the future. I am fighting to set an example."

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

They are fighting for a cause, l am fighting for a cause, he realized.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge