Sentence examples for fight upstream from inspiring English sources

Oliver is committed to fresh ingredients, and his recipes work (he's particularly good with simple but surprising fish dishes), but you do have to fight upstream against all the "lad" chatter.

The exception is the disputed city of Kirkuk, where ethno-sectarian violence, mainly between Kurds and Sunni Arabs, shows no sign of abating.But a bitter battle is still being fought upstream along the Tigris river valley and its tributaries, up to Mosul and beyond.

Caption: A salmon fights upstream.

Some Democrats, notable among them Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (Ore ., ranking Democrat of the House Transportation Committee, have fought an upstream battle to increase the tax.

He tried to fight his way upstream, but was tugged by his feet toward the sea.

"This is not a place for mules," she observed as we fought our way upstream toward the door.

MI6 hints that it has penetrated Isis, with Younger talking in his speech about taking the fight to the enemy "upstream".

Winger-Bearskin: In order to make VR seem really serious and important, you have to fight a really hard upstream battle.

Now wet and shivering, with the gales blowing the raft upstream, we fought our way downriver, and there we saw the cave.

Much of the action in the fight against terrorism takes place upstream, that is, long before a potential threat ever enters a U.S. airport.

They didn't like the long, dull paddle from the clubhouse or, above all, the fact that to get home you had to carry your boat upstream of the bridge and then fight the current for almost a mile.