Examples of fight to the finish in a Sentence
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Following the eliminations of fan favorites Rick Devens and Cirie Fields last week, the finale opened with a high-stakes fight to the finish between the remaining contestants.
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 21 May 2026
The shooting contest, the heat check, the attempts at defense and the fight to the finish.
—Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026
From a 20-point lead early in the third period, the Heat had to fight to the finish, with the fight there on a night Adebayo found his shooting stroke and Powell returned from a one-game absence due to back pain.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
June, however, has been defined by battles, and Friday night was yet another fight to the finish.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
Amid screaming matches and food fights, Theo and Ivy fight to the finish in the reimagining of the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses, which was based on the novel by Warren Adler and had Danny DeVito directing leads Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
McIlroy’s fight to the finish was as heart-wrenching, thrilling and golf-schizophrenic as humanly possible, befitting a man who made 11 trips to Augusta with golf immortality looming over his every step.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
This is going to be a brutal fight to the finish line.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 21 May 2026
The shooting contest, the heat check, the attempts at defense and the fight to the finish.
—Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026
From a 20-point lead early in the third period, the Heat had to fight to the finish, with the fight there on a night Adebayo found his shooting stroke and Powell returned from a one-game absence due to back pain.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
June, however, has been defined by battles, and Friday night was yet another fight to the finish.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
Amid screaming matches and food fights, Theo and Ivy fight to the finish in the reimagining of the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses, which was based on the novel by Warren Adler and had Danny DeVito directing leads Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
McIlroy’s fight to the finish was as heart-wrenching, thrilling and golf-schizophrenic as humanly possible, befitting a man who made 11 trips to Augusta with golf immortality looming over his every step.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
This is going to be a brutal fight to the finish line.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Fight to the finish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fight%20to%20the%20finish. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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