Sentence examples for stubborn battle from inspiring English sources

In a stubborn battle, the mixed Indian and Japanese forces, lacking Japanese air support, were defeated and forced to retreat; the Indian National Army nevertheless for some time succeeded in maintaining its identity as a liberation army, based in Burma and then Indochina.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Syrianan rebels claimed on Friday to have shot down a government warplane that had been attacking insurgent positions near the Damascus international airport, reflecting the continuing and stubborn battle between the authorities and adversaries seeking to secure positions on the approaches to the capital.

Manager Stewart Young said in a statement that Lake died Wednesday after "a long and stubborn battle with cancer".

The singer, bassist and songwriter was 69, and had fought "a long and stubborn battle with cancer," his manager, Stewart Young, said in a statement.

Brazilian born Bethe, also known as 'Pitbull', is a stubborn battler who likes to stand and trade punches until she feels the momentum shift in her favour.

SALONICA — One of the most stubborn battles in the history of modern warfare has just culminated in the capture by the Greek army of the entire Kresna pass and the whole line of hills to the left and right of the Struma valley.

WHITE PLAINS - A SCHOOLS superintendent's opposition to the relocation of 24 juvenile offenders from a Valhalla treatment center to Children's Village, a century-old facility straddling the border between Dobbs Ferry and Hastings-on-Hudson, has fed the flames of a stubborn legal battle since midwinter.

Everything went to his father and brother, Erland and Joakim Larsson, who have been locked for years now in an increasingly stubborn and acrimonious battle of wills with her.

Japan once again slipped into recession territory as its government battles stubborn deflation.

For all his visual innovations, Mr. Silverstein battled stubborn opposition to even the tiniest changes to The Times.

A year later, Obama has few options left in the battle with stubborn joblessness.