Sentence examples for wider battles from inspiring English sources

And on Thursday, Iran, Syria's main ally, hosted its own meeting of 30 countries to discuss Syria — another sign that the world's powers see Syria as a proxy for wider battles.

The open letter places the latest fight in the context of wider battles between Apple and governments worldwide over privacy and security, and mirrors many of the talking points from those early conflicts.

Beyond the individual stars there are wider battles to savour.

Education systems will continue to be a mirror for wider battles over politics and priorities.

Everything needs to be justified, both on a balance sheet and within a wider battle for hearts and minds.

For rights campaigners, the acquittals were a small victory in a wider battle against state repression of gay people.

Overturning the ones in Tennessee and North Carolina would mark the opening of a wider battle over municipal broadband by the federal government.

Worse, the defeat left Florence on the losing side of a wider battle between France and the allied forces of Spain and Pope Julius II.

Manatees have become caught up in the wider battle over balancing the needs of wildlife and the rights of legions of boaters and shorefront property owners.

The push at the UN is being led by Botswana and has the potential to turn into a wider battle over anti-gay laws in the Commonwealth.

Farron said beyond his party and the UK he believed there was a wider battle emerging between "the forces of tolerant liberalism and intolerant, closed-minded nationalism".