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  • The big finale is visually impressive, but is at least partially cribbed from the two main space dog-fights from Star Wars.

    Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Tron: Legacy (2010) Scott Mendelson 2010

  • As are vivisection, fur, dog-fights, cock-fights, dairy and egg production, and the rest of the myriad monstrous atrocities committed by the animal industrial complex around the globe.

    To dam the torrential rivers of blood and to silence the cacophony of their agonized cries.... 2009

  • Animals like children are the most innocent amongst us and I for the life of me cannot understand how the Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to sign on Michael Vick who bank rolled dog-fights.

    Shame on Philadelphia Eagles: Many pit bulls used in dog fights do not get a second chance 2009

  • While pit bulls are the dog of choice for these dog-fights, their breed has been tarnished over the years due to these fights.

    Shame on Philadelphia Eagles: Many pit bulls used in dog fights do not get a second chance 2009

  • The pilots undergo various tests including "dog-fights" during their 430 hours of training on the Hawks.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • He did not really think that Lord Henry would take a boy not yet thirteen to a whorehouse, but he suspected that Lord Henry would know where all the cock-fights, dog-fights, bear-baitings, and less-than-pure masques would be shown.

    This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004

  • At about one-thirty they eventually realise their mistake and shut up, just as the major dog-fights of the evening are getting under way.

    Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990

  • A moment later I heard a noise like ten dog-fights rolled into one, and rushing out I found my friend rolling on the ground with his arms round the workman who was helping to stack my artesian tubing.

    When The World Screamed Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1968

  • A moment later I heard a noise like ten dog-fights rolled into one, and rushing out I found my friend rolling on the ground with his arms round the workman who was helping to stack my artesian tubing.

    When the World Screamed Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1968

  • 'I believe pepper is a good thing for dog-fights,' observed Theodore, the feathers settling on his beard like snow, 'though of course I have never tried it myself.'

    My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956

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