Sentence examples for capital fought from inspiring English sources

Inevitably, capital fought back.

The Cossack chieftain Bogdan Khmelnytsky, whose statue stands in the Ukrainian capital, fought for independence during the 17th century.

For much of the twentieth century, labor and capital fought bitterly for control of the industrialized economy.

For much of the twentieth century, labor and capital fought violently for control of the industrialized economy and, in many countries, control of the government and society as well.

For 134 days, the Capitals fought to have their playoff destiny in their hands.

While China has stepped up efforts to curb capital fight, investors are wagering on yuan depreciation more aggressively than ever.

There have also been the challenges from residents of well-heeled suburbs in Brandenburg and the southwest of the capital, who fought bitterly to have the proposed flight patterns changed to avoid noise pollution.

However, Mr. Najibullah's fall heralded a period of unrestrained violence in which competing Afghan commanders seized parts of the capital and fought one another with impunity, killing tens of thousands of civilians.

In Kabul, the capital, police fought a gun battle with people suspected of being Taliban infiltrators who took over a house overlooking a police headquarters, killing two of them and capturing a third, as bystanders applauded the officers.

The bloody battle that broke out between workers and police officers outside Ford's plant in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1932 was the climactic event of an era during which capital physically fought labor.

Desperate, yet determined, units of Republican soldiers, many of whom had run out of ammunition, dug in around the capital and fought until they were overrun as the Khmer Rouge advanced.