were fighting
- past progressive of fight.
Example Sentences
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Cal Fire had amassed multiple air tankers, one helicopter, 22 fire engines and four bulldozers to support the 225 fire personnel who were fighting the blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
There Fisk tried to shift the focus to the threat of monopoly, telling the press they were fighting to keep food prices low for “the poorer classes especially.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
John Nagl, who strongly felt that the Army’s top brass were too hidebound to the old ways of warfighting—large-scale tank-and-infantry battles—and were blocking the promotions of officers who were fighting counterinsurgency battles in the field.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
"If you look at last season, they were 17 points behind Chelsea when they won the title. Manchester City were fighting for the Champions League as well," she said.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
“Because I thought he had the affair because you were fighting about me, not because you were fighting about you.”
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
