Sentence examples for mount a fierce from inspiring English sources

It may be the last place that his loyalists could mount a fierce battle against allied forces, a concern among American officials.

Harrison's achievement was to mount a fierce campaign to keep Labour in power and Margaret Thatcher out, establishing a one-man intelligence system and exploiting with minimum scruple every weakness of his opponents.

At his confirmation hearings, Senate liberals mounted a fierce fight against him.

But Mayor William Curtis mounted a fierce resistance, and on Monday, the county relented.

When InBev announced its initial $46.3 billion offer last month, Anheuser mounted a fierce defense.

On blogs, in e-mails and over dinner tables last week, the food intelligentsia quickly mounted a fierce defense.

UBS and senior Swiss government officials have mounted a fierce lobbying campaign to persuade Washington to drop the case.

The A.E.A. mounted a fierce battle against the test, declaring it to be a gimmick, an attempt at a simplistic quick fix.

Exit polls and early returns showed Mr. Santorum mounting a fierce challenge to Mr. Romney in a state that was not expected to be close just weeks ago.

Yet Hezbollah mounted a fierce resistance, from bunkers like the one in Wadi Naim, where fighters emerged to attack with wire-guided missiles and quickly ran back inside.

The bank has also mounted a fierce defense of the top executives who supervised the traders in Houston accused of devising the trading strategies.