How to Use fight it out in a Sentence

fight it out

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  • Dungey and Kyle Shurmur will fight it out for the third spot on the chart.
    — oregonlive, 30 July 2021
  • Musk has vowed to fight it out in court, no matter the dangers this might present for Tesla.
    — Christopher Cox, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Houston and Carolina fight it out to be the worst team in the league, and the Panthers emerge as the winning loser and take Stroud No. 1.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 3 May 2022
  • Sometimes there would be arranged fights where writers would meet and fight it out.
    — Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The other teams with the lowest season wins fight it out to advance, and those that advance play the second-best teams first.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2024
  • In 2024, five teams will once again fight it out in the waters of the Mediterranean for a chance to compete against the defending champions in the big race.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Alongside Plano and Coppell, those five teams will continue to fight it out for the four playoff spots.
    — Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The policy prescription: Let the two sides fight it out until one wins.
    — J. Michael Quinn, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2013
  • Those at the center of the division say UNLV took a hands-off approach, letting the students fight it out.
    — oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2022
  • All three are going to be much improved and fight it out for the division title and the winner could take the conference crown, too.
    — USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Wendy’s has another soldier to fight it out in the latest chicken sandwich war.
    — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Any such amendment has yet to be passed through the city supervisors, so in the meantime, San Francisco and the delivery apps will fight it out through the courts.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 20 July 2021
  • Rather than fight it out in court, the state appeared to simply give up on its original goal of winnowing the number of providers down to two, with Kaiser thrown in for good measure.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
  • That leaves Decatur and Cullman to fight it out for the remaining spot - though upsets later in the season could upend this scenario. ...
    — al, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Caravan, Marist set to fight it out at Reavis Regional.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
  • With only one episode left in the series, the siblings are continuing to fight it out and navigate what a post-Logan world looks like for their company.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2023
  • With only one episode left in the series, the siblings are continuing to fight it out and navigate what a post-Logan world looks like for their company.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2023
  • Do the different genotypes ever fight it out to the detriment of the entire ‘individual’?
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2011
  • Seeing these two mighty Avengers fight it out is certainly going to be interesting.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Meanwhile, record-low mortgage rates have motivated buyers to fight it out in the difficult market.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2021
  • In late summer, two mega fantasy franchises will fight it out for TV dominance in a very expensive battle of the streaming wars.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
  • In some tournaments, about 100 players fight it out until there’s only one contestant or team left standing.
    — Nate Lanxon, Bloomberg.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • As those teams fight it out for division titles and Pac-12 championship game berths, that leaves the Bruins perfectly positioned for the Holiday.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2021
  • While interest rates are still limiting affordability for many buyers, experts say, the few buyers left are forced to fight it out for a limited pool of homes for sale.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2023
  • After the first weekend, when most of the World Premieres occur, many attendees and journalists head home, leaving acquisition titles and films that bowed at other fests to fight it out for those still around.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
  • As Republicans fight it out, Georgia Democrats face little divisiveness this year.
    — Cameron McWhirter and Alexa Corse, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2022

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