continual struggle

collocation in English

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continual
adjective
uk
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əl/us
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əl/
happening repeatedly, usually in an annoying or not ...
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struggle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstrʌɡ.əl/us
/ˈstrʌɡ.əl/
a very difficult task that you can do only by making a ...
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(Definition ofcontinualandstrugglefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, complete perfection is unattainable in this life, and the believer should expect acontinualstruggleagainst sin.
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So it's been acontinualstrugglefor me to counter those values.
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The miner's desire for a decent existence has involved onecontinualstruggleagainst the low ideals of a section of the employers.
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There is acontinualstruggleby the growing population to maintain this pace, with the enormous economic and social cost which is involved.
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It is acontinualstrugglefor existence when he is in full work and earning full wages.
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The population of these territories live in poverty; life for them is acontinualstruggleagainst disease, and their standard of life is extremely low.
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It has been acontinualstruggleby the country as a whole to make ends meet.
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During the whole of the 50 years since then it has been onecontinualstruggleand fight by the miners, their wives and their children to secure a miserable pittance.
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We are very grateful to him, because we were getting a little disheartened with thecontinualstruggle to persuade the movement to take the up-to-date point of view.
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However, complete perfection is unattainable in this life, and the believer should expect acontinualstruggleagainst sin.
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This has caused acontinualstrugglefor strong numbers at all the clubs and therefore has caused several teams to fold over its history.
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This, her first talkie, would be her last film and the ensuing years were marked by acontinualstrugglewith her drug addiction.
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It has been acontinualstruggleof man against the elements ever since just to keep the inlet open.
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Unstable isotopes are in acontinualstruggleto become more stable; the ultimate goal is becoming one of the 200 or so stable isotopes in the universe.
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Tikhomirov then traces through all of history as thecontinualstruggleof these two views, which will culminate at the apocalyptic end.
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