- present participle of fight.
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The decision means the parents who spent years fighting Jones in court will receive a fraction of what the Texas jury believed his conduct warranted.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
“America’s military remains the most powerful fighting force on earth. We have everything required to strike at the time and place of the President’s choosing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Their tattered remnants, barely held together with patches and stitching, are poignant metaphors for a battered will that keeps fighting even as protections wear thin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
In Western Ukraine, behind high walls and layers of locked gates, there is a camp full of men captured fighting for Russia.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Rowdy,” I said, as I picked up my empty net, “I don’t know about you but I’ve had all the monkey fighting I want for one day. Let’s get out of here.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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