Example Sentences

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“I have been fighting for change from Day One,” she said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

"Have they not done enough? That could be, but we have been fighting to make that possible," he continued.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

"When I get to the first village," he told us, "I will say with a loud voice: 'I have been fighting for you, you are my people, and now I will fight even more.'"

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Committed soldiers have been fighting without rest for years, and unenthusiastic new draftees are increasingly going AWOL.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

And he and Digger’s mom have been fighting a lot.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings