Anti-war activists told them that the war was not being fought to save the Union, but to free Negro slaves.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

The captain fought to save as many people as he could until he too was lost.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

The LPGA fought to change that.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

Lincoln fought to keep the Union together.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

I have fought to protect the integrity of classified information in the past and I will do so in the future,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

She fought to avoid testifying because she said she was concerned about the safety of her family.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

During that time, she and others fought to make the ADA a reality for the disabled.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

He said ZANU-PF and the ANC "fought together in the trenches" for liberation and must continue to fight against what he called Western imperialism.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

And even though a great civil war was being fought, citizens of the North prepared to choose a leader.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

Much of the money was spent on payments to men who had fought in the Union Army during the Civil War.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

They were men who fought one war against the king of England, and were now prepared to fight against their own government.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Many believed him insane. He had gone to Kansas and fought bitterly against pro-slavery forces.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

It found many ways to spend it. For example, Congress raised payments to soldiers who had fought in the Civil War during the eighteen sixties.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

The northern states fought the South to save the Union and free the slaves.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

It is for us the living,rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work for which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

The Indians fought bitterly to keep white men out of their hunting grounds.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

Roosevelt fought hard to keep politics out of the civil service.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

He was on his feet. Shoulder-to-shoulder, we fought against the attackers.

VOA: special.2011.08.06

The war was fought from nineteen fourteen to nineteen eighteen.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

They fought hand-to-hand against the men inside.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Local governments fought losing battles to keep roads clear, while residents struggled to free their cars from massive snowdrifts.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Russia is particularly irritated by Ukrainian attempts to honor veterans who fought against Soviets and Nazis after initially mistaking Germans as liberators.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

He is the only American known to have fought against the Nazis with the U.S.and Red armies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.07