How to Use fight fire with fire in a Sentence

fight fire with fire

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• And in some sense, fight fire with fire at this very intense way.
  — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
• Matt Abdo will fight fire with fire.
  — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
• So estates and rights owners are starting to fight fire with fire.
  — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
• But a growing number of voices want Europe to fight fire with fire.
  — The Week Us, TheWeek, 17 Feb. 2026
• City are clearly better equipped to fight fire with fire, but tired legs later on in games are threatening to undermine that progress.
  — Thom Harris, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
• Netflix was ready to fight fire with fire — until Sarandos and Peters decided to bow out.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
• The California governor has pledged to fight fire with fire, proposing new temporary congressional maps.
  — Julia Manchester, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
• But after discovering that Cady and Nevaeh had been using a drug on Zack to brainwash him, Anna opts to fight fire with fire by planting drugs in Cady’s house and placing an anonymous call to CrimeStoppers.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 July 2026