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fought

American  
[fawt] / fɔt /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of fight.

fought British  
/ fɔːt /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of fight

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Bailey blew the judges away during Week 1 with his soulful rendition of “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” bringing Jelly Roll to tears in the show’s first heartfelt moment of the season.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Lake’s “Hard Fought Hallelujah” is a more somber affair, a growling ballad with touches of Southern soul.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Fought on 16 April 1746, it saw Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobite supporters defeated by a British government army.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023

The 34-year-old Eurovision 2022 runner-up spoke with Reuters about how "Fought & Lost" echoed his own journey in the music industry, collaborating with his hero Brian May and his hair care routine.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023

“There was a man back then: Medgar Wiley Evers. Fought for this country in World War Two, then came home to fight for Negro rights. Real good fella,” she says.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

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