The word "battled" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used as a verb meaning "to fight or compete against;" for example, "The two teams battled fiercely for the championship title."
Smoke rose high in the air and emergency services battled with each other and with civilians to get to the survivors.
Her family had postponed the service while they battled for their Zimbabwean relatives to gain visas to attend but began planning their daughter's funeral after learning earlier this month that the UK government would allow her maternal grandparents and aunt to travel over from Africa.
But the Swede was proud of the way Wawrinka kept his calm, hit his one-handed backhand with real authority, stuck to his aggressive game and battled his way through to his second slam final.
"The Oxbridge revolutionaries" had "battled for years to uncover the confidential documents" which did no more than "prove is that the prince is well-meaning, reasonable and polite".
Clarke fought his stiff back and Cook battled a technical fault but neither panicked nor changed their method.
In the southern port city police battled with activists from the Jamaat-e-Islami party who attempted to approach the French consulate.
Both sides battled for a winner – Woodrow denied by Carson and McClean seeing a fizzing shot deflected narrowly wide three minutes from the end – but it never materialised and the full-time whistle was met by another chorus of jeers aimed at the Fulham manager despite the point surely guaranteeing their safety.
The two grand masters, who fought an epic psychological war when they battled for the world chess crown 25 years ago, will start their rematch in the Spanish city of Valencia tomorrow.
Ayr battled hard to get back into the game but, having given themselves too much to do after going behind so early in the game, ran out of steam.
The main parties have battled over the effect of the coalition's cut in the top rate of tax from 50p to 45p, which encouraged highly paid lawyers, accountants and City executives and business owners to delay when they declared profits to the tax authority.
On Monday they battled back from two goals down to overcome Birmingham City and they dug in here and took their only two real chances of the evening with ruthless precision.
