Sentence examples for sharp fights from inspiring English sources

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The regiment engaged in several sharp fights during the expedition.

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After a sharp fight, the Yankees fanned out across Elie Crampton's farm and then stopped for the night.

The 29th distinguished itself in Virginia during the campaign to capture Petersburg and Richmond, including a sharp fight near the frontline defenses of Richmond on Oct. 13, 1864.

News was received to-day [Nov. 29] of the capture of Dibra and Malissia by the Servians after a sharp fight with detachments of Turks and Arnauts who escaped from Monastir.

He has forced a sharp fight over an issue that poses difficulties for the Republican coalition, pitting people and business owners who rely on illegal immigrants for labor against people who see them as a threat to jobs and security.

Mr. Shirov, who has a reputation as the most imaginative attacking player in chess today and is often compared to the former world chess champion Mikhail Tal, said he "got a sharp fight and had some practical chances".

On 27 October the Middlesex continued the advance and was involved in a sharp fight in the hills west of the river near the village of Yongsong-ni.

Meanwhile, on 27 October the Middlesex continued the brigade's advance, and was involved in a sharp fight in the hills west of the river near the village of Yongsong-ni, killing 35 North Koreans and capturing 80 prisoners, while American aircraft destroyed 10 North Korean T-34 tanks and two SU-76 self-propelled guns.

Following a sharp fight the Americans forced the North Koreans to withdraw to defensive positions on the high ground to the south and east of the town, as K Company continued into Yongju, where they established a position on Hill 163, immediately to the north, digging-in.

Expeditions led by Col. Nelson A. Miles maintained the pressure throughout the winter and well into the following year, with the sharpest fights coming at Wolf Mountain (January 8 , 1877 and Muddy Creek (May 7).

Mr. Klein's sharpest fights were with other Nixon subordinates, especially Mr. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and John Mitchell, the dour, immovable attorney general whom he sometimes referred to as the Berlin Wall, according to Muriel Dobbin, who covered the Nixon White House for The Baltimore Sun and often lunched with Mr. Klein.

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