fight on

verb

fought on; fighting on; fights on
: to continue fighting
He vowed that he would fight on alone.

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Wars cannot be fought on ideology alone – a truism that perhaps led to the firebrand former defense minister’s departure, after months of clashes and refusing to deal with the army top brass, as Zelensky describes it. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 Australia‘s content makers have a fight on their hands to keep the attention of the country’s viewers, new research has shown. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 Power demand, water use, land use and local politics all drive these fights on their own. Christine Wetzler, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Enslaved Black people fought on both sides of the conflict, as did Indigenous people. ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fight on

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“Fight on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fight%20on. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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