continuing struggle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontinueandstruggle
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continue
verb
uk/kənˈtɪn.juː/us/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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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 ofcontinueandstrugglefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It must be won, but it is only a major episode in acontinuingstruggle.
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But the former was always an elusive goal, because countering tax avoidance was acontinuingstruggle of often great technical complexity, rather than a once-and-for-all exercise.
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In countries like these that means acontinuingstrugglefor power, over who are the first-class citizens and who the second-class citizens.
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We know full well that it is acontinuingstrugglefor workers to maintain their rights.
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If we fail, we shall condemn ourselves to acontinuingstrugglethat will sap the strength of our nation.
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They are the outcome of a continuous andcontinuingstrugglein the scientific research field and also in the preventive and curative fields.
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We have seen a new stage in thecontinuingstruggleto establish this country's new position in a rapidly changing world.
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This is why this is acontinuingstruggle.
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That agony is not only real but symbolic, because it bears witness to thecontinuingstruggleof those who aspire to individual liberty.
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We also have excessive food prices for consumers, and there is still acontinuingstruggleto survive in the so-called less-favoured areas.
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But where negotiation is concerned,continuingstruggleis inevitably inhibiting.
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I recently heard that the women'scontinuingstruggleover a certain unit that concerned them has been successful.
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The succeeding 12 months have underlined that the fight for democracy is a long andcontinuingstruggle.
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The balance of advantage—of thecontinuingstruggleand violence—is changing.
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In the meantime, thecontinuingstruggleto establish a right to compensation has left the veterans in a state of great uncertainty.
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That is acontinuingstrugglethat we of late have been losing.
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This is acontinuingstrugglewhich will go on year after year.
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Without doubt, that was the most serious threat that family firms have ever had to face in theircontinuingstruggleto survive.
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Boitani sees this as acontinuingstruggleby authors to find a satisfying resolution to the love triangle.
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