Sentence examples for fought to expand from inspiring English sources

Past wars were fought to expand empires.

He fought to expand the "earned-income tax credit", which helps the working poor.

It bought Compaq Computer in 2001, which affected both the PC and server markets as other companies fought to expand and match H.P.'s reach.

Later, as chief executive and chairman of the company, Mr. Shepherd fought to expand the semiconductor business overseas, while also fending off budding electronics giants in Asia.

Rosie Castro, now 65, was at the time a community activist with La Raza Unida, a party that challenged the largely white political establishment and fought to expand the rights of Chicanos, or American citizens of Mexican descent.

The most recent issue Gaspard lobbied on for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) healthcare workers arm was the US children's health insurance programme, which Democrats fought to expand before losing out to a Bush veto last year.

Lisa Murkowski, a Republican senator from Alaska, said she and others would fight to expand drilling.

For my part, I will continue to fight to expand Social Security for all generations.

Let's fight to expand Social Security for all Americans and demand that millionaires and billionaires start paying their fair share.

Democrats are the ones who fight to end predatory lending through Wall Street Reform, advocate for greater funding for higher education and who fight to expand access to affordable and quality health care through historic health care reform legislation.

Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan, a Republican, waged a long and finally successful fight to expand Medicaid.