"protracted fight" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a long, drawn-out battle or struggle between two or more parties. Example: Despite their initial attempts at diplomacy, the two neighboring countries were unable to resolve their border disputes and eventually resorted to a protracted fight over the disputed territory.
If so, his family wealth would provide resources for a protracted fight.
Already House Democratic campaign officials have instructed their candidates to capitalize on the protracted fight.
But the argument over patenting and paying royalties for those resources, among other issues, has fueled a protracted fight.
Mr. Romney's strategists believe their candidate has financial and organizational advantages that position him for a protracted fight.
Ms. Nichols said she hoped a convincing Mississippi victory would nudge him along in the protracted fight.
But he added that the protracted fight for the Democratic nomination would only last "two more weeks".
But a protracted fight over the issue in Congress will give Mr. Obama and the Democrats another opportunity to accuse the Republicans of conducting a "war on women".
But the latest protracted fight to absorb the attention of one of the world's largest democracies is not about politics as usual.
Mr. Obama's advisers are counting on it, hoping that a stronger-than-expected showing from him could help wind down the protracted fight for the Democratic nomination.
"I wish this was over," Alex Triantafilou, the Republican Party chairman in Cincinnati, said in an interview Monday, adding that he was not taking sides but eager to avoid a protracted fight.
Mr. O'Mara has long wrangled with Mr. de la Rionda over information, including a statement from a key witness, that Mr. O'Mara said had been withheld from the defense and turned over only after a protracted fight.
