- present participle of fight.
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I’ve been abroad for a couple weeks now, and I got in yesterday and I was fighting so hard to stay up for as long as possible, but I couldn’t.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026
This year’s war gave Iran itself a chance to establish its fighting credentials.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
I am their hero, and now I am fighting to make sure the positive and real image they know of me is the one that endures.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026
Beth said fighting the case had been "absolutely debilitating at times with the level of trauma and flashbacks it's caused".
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026
When Joan of Arc was born in France in 1412, her country had been fighting England for seventy-five years.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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