Sentence examples for fought raising from inspiring English sources

For many years state and local government debt grew at a 10% rate as legislators fought raising taxes and reducing services.

In Arizona, Alabama, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin, chambers of commerce have fought raising the minimum wage on both the state or local level.

It would be unfair to compare him with Glen Sather's acquisition of the 6-foot-7 enforcer Derek Boogaard at the start of last season, but Scott's size and willingness to fight raises the question.

But a group of loyalists put up a fight, raising $300,000.

With one side of this fight raising more than $100 million, the ballot measure battle over kidney dialysis centers is likely to be the most expensive of 2018.

American officials have fought back, raising concerns that the institution would be redundant and alarmingly opaque.

It's been ages since Ms. Bachmann and others fought against raising the debt ceiling, and practically cheered for the government default that would result.

Senator Daschle had fought hard, raising $16 million during the campaign as of mid-October, which he spent largely on television advertisements.

This is not particularly surprising, given that businesses have generally fought against raising workplace standards throughout our history.

They fought against raising the minimum wage, against family leave and against equal pay for equal work.

How he could be so incompetent in one fight raises some questions".