- present participle of fight.
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More than 400 firefighters have been fighting the blaze.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
With tens of thousands of fighters and once-vast stores of missiles and drones, the group became the country’s most powerful fighting force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
The Caribbean island of Cuba, which had also been colonized by the Spanish, was fighting for independence from Spain.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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