desperate struggle

collocation in English

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desperate
adjective
uk
/ˈdes.pər.ət/us
/ˈdes.pɚ.ət/
very serious ...
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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 ofdesperateandstrugglefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such adesperatestruggleto attain understanding raged within him that it was terrifying to look upon his face.
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Lilburne's subsequent story was one of adesperatestrugglefor assistance from a disparate and increasingly powerless group of men.
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It is a question of taking both the partners in thisdesperatestruggleinto consultation.
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That was when we were locked in adesperatestrugglefor survival.
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There is a case for extended cover for all capital goods in thisdesperatestrugglefor exports.
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The producers are engaged in adesperatestruggle, and particularly beef producers.
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The cutting down of light, stuff would bring home the fact to many people that we are engaged in adesperatestruggle.
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Above all, do not let us assail each other, without real cause, in adesperatestruggleon vital issues.
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None the less, many of the under-developed countries—call them what you will—still have adesperatestruggleeven to maintain a mere subsistence.
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What arrangements are we making, remembering thedesperatestruggleof two wars against the submarine?
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The people of that unhappy country are engaged in adesperatestruggle.
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The ethnic minorities are engaged in a daily anddesperatestruggleto survive, and they need our help now.
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Does she realise that many businesses are engaged in a daily anddesperatestrugglefor survival?
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They are sensibly ignored by many of those engaged in thisdesperatestruggle.
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Since 1945 we have been engaged in adesperatestruggleto regain our economic independence, balance our payments and free ourselves from the need for dollar aid.
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Against the competition of the mechanical reproduction of art forms, the "live"artist is engaged in adesperatestruggle, particularly the"live" little artist, the ordinary, average artist.
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Many resisted, and adesperatestruggleby the peasantry against the authorities ensued.
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With food short and no sign of spring, the mice know that adesperatestruggleconfronts them.
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The fighting continued into the city itself, and concluded in adesperatestrugglein the ruins of the old castle.
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The series that focuses on a bride'sdesperatestruggleto drop unwanted inches so that she can look picture perfect on her wedding day.
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