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as in to compete
to engage in a contest everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display

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fight

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a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective the mayoral candidate pledged to lead a successful fight to improve the city's schools

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Recent Examples of fight
Verb
Rather than fighting this inevitable tide, Köhler closely examines the subject without didacticism, filtering it through a passive-aggressive relationship drama, until only its most potent ingredients remain. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025 Millions took to the streets in 2022 and 2023 to fight a pension reform raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. Renaud Foucart, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
The only thing that could break up the fight? Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 The player with the best chance of winning a fight against a bear is probably Bryce Foster. Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fight
Verb
  • In a competition bear-ly more ferocious, 12 chunky brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve have been battling it out in one of the most cutthroat places on the planet – the internet.
    Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Roberts died at 90 following a stroke in 2016, while Boyle died at 72 after battling multiple myeloma and heart disease in 2006.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The combination of DePrimeo and Rotondi simply overpowered Masco (3-1), and that duo is bound to cause nightmares for opposing lines all season.
    Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • However, the more subtle aspects of Goodman’s all-around game — pitch calling, receiving, and knowledge of opposing hitters — have been impressive.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
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  • The Tonale competes with compact and subcompact luxury SUVs like the Audi Q3, BMW X2, Lexus UX and Mercedes GLA.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Zooming out a little, these centres will act as part of a national industrial policy, with local governments competing to set up their own robot bases to attract companies and funding.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
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  • In recent years, the companies have bickered about the rise of streaming services, in which the media companies are investing billions of dollars and which lure away cable and satellite customers.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Other witnesses indicated that the shooter was a third person who entered the fight between Runnels and Collins’ nephew after the two had already started to bicker, according to court records.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
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  • Criminal court records reviewed by PEOPLE show the 35-year-old faces charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and a false report.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • But previous presidents have resisted the temptation to exploit them, and the law has served as a powerful norm notwithstanding its weaknesses.
    Elizabeth Goitein, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All these years later, Corigliano’s symphony has outlasted those skirmishes and emerged sounding fresh and exciting and powerful.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Although the Hatfield-McCoy relationship has been fraught since the birth of the medium, streaming and cord-cutting has turned financial skirmishes into an existential contest.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If anything, the two games at Dodger Stadium showed the struggles of the Reds’ offense, with Blake Snell allowing only two base runners in the first six innings of his Game 1 start, while Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up two runs in the first inning of Game 2 before retiring 13 straight.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Mendes would later detail his struggles with maintaining his mental health while touring and cancel his Wonder world tour in 2022.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The next step for Adell is to add some more discipline to that aggression.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Historically, security at ICE facilities has been about protecting agents and detainees from internal threats like detainee aggression, or gang violence, mimicking the criminal justice system, according to experts, ICE detentions standards and the detainee handbook.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Fight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fight. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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