fought

verb

Definition of foughtnext
past tense of fight
1
as in battled
to oppose (someone) in physical conflict a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland

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2
as in opposed
to strive to reduce or eliminate a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice

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3
as in competed
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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4
as in bickered
to express different opinions about something often angrily if you kids continue to fight, I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!

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5
as in resisted
to refuse to give in to I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie—and lost

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fought
  1. battled
  2. opposed
  3. competed
  4. resisted
  5. contended
  6. argued
Verb
  • With the pressure back on Liverpool after City’s win, Arne Slot’s side impressively battled past an improved Chelsea at Anfield.
    Matias Grez, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Clark had already battled significant hurdles in his recovery from the injury to his right knee.
    Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of battled
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  • Likely Black voters opposed the ballot measure, which opponents say will unfairly target people of color, while majorities of white, Latino and Asian American/Pacific Islander voters supported it, the poll found.
    Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Several Democratic lawmakers and groups like the American Civil Liberties Union opposed the measure largely because of how it is funded by the new fee tied to criminal convictions.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of opposed
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  • Morton is a unique breed of cyclist, a rider who has competed in some of the sport’s biggest road races – the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España – while also forging his own path in endurance cycling.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Rubina then competed in a friendly competition with Makensy, filling their mouths with water and slapping each other with tortillas.
    David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of competed
Verb
  • This is likely why Samsung has resisted making a wider Galaxy Fold for six straight iterations.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Many conservatives and law enforcement leaders have said the measure will deter crime, while progressives and left-leaning Democrats have resisted it, arguing that altering Proposition 47 will only put more Californians behind bars.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of resisted
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  • Prosecutors contended there was no evidence of any molestation.
    Jaimie Ding, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
  • His thinking is more aligned with that of literary scholar Harold Bloom, who contended that poems beget other poems, in a network of influence that owes as much to Darwin’s theory of evolution as to Freud’s notion of the Oedipus complex.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of contended
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  • While sentencing closed a chapter of the case, Levy argued wreckage caused by the defendant will continue to resonate.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Teixeira's attorneys argued for a sentence on the low end of the range, noting that the maximum of 200 months would be more than the government sought against Julian Assange, who is accused of publishing a trove of classified documents.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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