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Example sentences for: battles

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Aurangzeb streamlined the lax administration of his predecessors, but he almost bankrupted the realm with his campaigns to expand the empire down to the south, and his battles against rebels in the north.
Over the next few years the influx of Europeans, Americans, and refugees from battles of the Taiping Rebellion turned Shanghai into a glamorous, if naughty, trading port.
During her naval career, she won 42 battles, captured 20 vessels, and was undefeated.
Rebuilt with lavish materials (stone and stained glass) by the Empress Dowager in 1893, this 36-m (118-ft) statue of a boat was restored (it is said) with funds meant to shore up China’s woeful navy, but it was not long before Japan completely humiliated China in battles at sea.
One compares Flytrap to World War I trench battles: "No one is getting overrun, but steady progress is being made."