tooth and nail

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Recent Examples of tooth and nail Liberals are furious with that advice, saying the real backlash will occur if Democrats don’t fight tooth and nail against mass deportations, many of them taking place without any semblance of judicial screening. Mike Lillis, The Hill, 12 May 2025 The minority leader embodies a far more scripted and cautious messaging approach, sometimes to the detriment of progressives yearning to fight tooth and nail against Trump’s overhaul of the federal government. Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2025 Teachers unions and big-city bureaucracies fight tooth and nail to maintain the failing status quo, even as generations of students are left behind. Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025 Francis had to contend with conservatives deeply angered by his reform and a bureaucracy that fought tooth and nail to prevent it from happening. Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tooth and nail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tooth and nail
all out
Adverb
  • There are many heroes, both men and women who acted bravely and selflessly to prevent an all out catastrophe.
    Nick Lentz, CBS News, 24 June 2025
  • India have spent most of its proceedings so far on top, centuries from captain Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant in the first innings helping the tourists to a commanding 471 all out against England.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 22 June 2025

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“Tooth and nail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tooth%20and%20nail. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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