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The phrase "a battle like" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare a situation or experience to a battle, often emphasizing the intensity or difficulty of the situation.
Example: "The negotiations felt like a battle like none I had ever experienced before."
Alternatives: "a struggle similar to" or "a conflict akin to".
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Corzine's never been in a battle like that".
"It's just unfortunate that a battle like that has to end like that," Clijsters said.
It wasn't my intent to end up in a battle like this".
It is hard to imagine a battle like the one in Aleppo getting worse, but it is.
"You never want to lose a guy like that in the midst of a battle like the one we're in right now," Anthony said.
Latin American envoys said they wanted to avoid a battle like the one over Venezuela, which took 48 ballots to decide.
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He certainly should be pondering it.For a battler like Mr Blair, who has a strong and often admirable conviction that he is right and his opponents wrong, it will always be hard to stand down.
Now the bifurcation is: Do you want a burn-it-down with Donald Trump or do you want a battler like Ted Cruz".
This sounds less like a battle than like some kind of macabre party.
"Picard really looked tired and worn and like a battle-weary commander, and that's what we wanted the bridge to look like--a battle weary bridge.
He would — once he was out of office — fight them in a gun battle, like a "High Noon" hero.
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