How to Use slug it out in a Sentence

slug it out

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• Rather than taking the fight to the mat, both prefer to stay on their feet and slug it out.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2021
• Baseball’s top two teams slug it out in the opening games of this year’s fall classic.
  — cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022
• But do the Vikings have the personnel in the trenches to slug it out?
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Nov. 2021
• For one thing, the top four teams would get a first-round bye and the other eight would slug it out on the opening weekend.
  — Wally Hall, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2021
• This record is a love letter to the working class musicians out there, we who slug it out on the road against all odds.
  — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026
• Baseball’s top two teams slug it out in the opening games of this year’s Fall Classic.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• The two films will slug it out all night long, as dedicated Oscar-watchers tally wins as the event goes on.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• Jake is welcome to come on Uncensored to discuss this, and verbally slug it out with me, anytime.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
• Any such plans would seem to be on ice for now, however, as Twitter and Musk slug it out in court in a bitter back and forth.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2022
• While the streamers and studios continue to slug it out at the high end of the market, the indies are being forced to tighten belts and economize.
  — Angus Finney, Variety, 19 Sep. 2022
• Watching the Dodgers and Giants slug it out only made Padres fans feel worse about the free fall of 2021.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2021
• Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan have built a defense that nevertheless looks equipped to slug it out with the Eagles and create a turnover or two.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
• The Ajax is designed to roll out, gather information about enemy forces, and slug it out with adversaries if necessary.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2021
• The sweet spot setting for the default mode should allow users to slug it out in a manner that is slightly more free-flowing than in real life but in a way that doesn’t completely cartoon the sweet science.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
• The country’s top teams slug it out in the regular season to earn what is supposed to be an easier journey to a championship on the rough road of March Madness.
  — Laine Higgins, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2023
• Like a teapot on a slow boil, they are supposed to heat up gradually over many months, riding a rising tension that reaches its crescendo in its final weeks, as players or teams slug it out for that last jewel.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• The same big corporations which clashed last year continued to slug it out daily in a ferocious, ongoing battle for subscribers and audience attention.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
• Now, the same types of program questions that have bedeviled San Diego State — the ability to slug it out when the points pile up, dig out when the shovel becomes heavy and ultimately figure it out when behind — lingers as a work hunting progress.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• Multibillion-dollar media conglomerates continue to slug it out for share of the streaming market — and entertainment fans can benefit from the fracas this Black Friday, with a slew of limited-time special offers and promotions.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Nov. 2021