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Example sentences for: battled

How can you use “battled” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The old illegal numbers racket was vigorously battled by vice squads across the land until the states got into the business.
The Southern Poverty Law Center says the CCC is "the reincarnation of the racist white Citizens Councils" that battled integration in the 1950s.
And I believe Gene Hackman once played an FBI agent who supported the civil rights movement and battled robot dogs on Neptune.
When the government failed to fulfill promises to compensate investors, rioters pillaged the capital, Tirana, and battled government-organized militias.
A guerrilla force has battled the Indonesians from the mountains ever since.