"fightback" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "fight + back",
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          "ref": "1981 December 12, Steve Rose, “Some People's Congress”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 4",
          "text": "The gay movement is in retreat as evidenced in the rise of anti-gay attacks and and the success of anti-gay legislation. One only needs to read the Gay Community News to realize the severity of the anti-gay offensive. The fightback to this anti-gay offensive has been weak and disoriented. The number of gay organizations, thus the number of organized gays are shrinking, not growing.",
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          "ref": "2009 January 25, Bruce Matthews, “Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva”, in Herald Sun",
          "text": "Stosur gave hope of a fightback when she smashed through Dementieva's serve in the first game of the second set.",
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        {
          "ref": "2011 September 24, Arindam Rej, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Liverpool resisted a second-half fightback from Wolves to secure a hard-fought victory and end a run of back-to-back Premier League defeats.",
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          "ref": "2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline",
          "text": "A second-half fightback to draw with the USA offered a hope that swiftly evaporated following a gut-wrenching 2-0 loss to Iran only four days later. It meant only the seemingly impossible would be enough for Rob Page's men to extend their World Cup dream.",
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        "a campaign of resistance; a counterattack"
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          "word": "fight back"
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  "word": "fightback"
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  "etymology_text": "fight + back",
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          "ref": "1981 December 12, Steve Rose, “Some People's Congress”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 4",
          "text": "The gay movement is in retreat as evidenced in the rise of anti-gay attacks and and the success of anti-gay legislation. One only needs to read the Gay Community News to realize the severity of the anti-gay offensive. The fightback to this anti-gay offensive has been weak and disoriented. The number of gay organizations, thus the number of organized gays are shrinking, not growing.",
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          "ref": "2009 January 25, Bruce Matthews, “Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva”, in Herald Sun",
          "text": "Stosur gave hope of a fightback when she smashed through Dementieva's serve in the first game of the second set.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 24, Arindam Rej, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport",
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        },
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          "ref": "2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline",
          "text": "A second-half fightback to draw with the USA offered a hope that swiftly evaporated following a gut-wrenching 2-0 loss to Iran only four days later. It meant only the seemingly impossible would be enough for Rob Page's men to extend their World Cup dream.",
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