war of attrition
attrition warfare , also: attritional warfare

We are in a war of attrition, someone was saying to me the other day.

Fight the war of attrition until one side is down and out.

But they were brought down through a bloody political war of attrition.

This is turning into a war of attrition, she thought.

It believed the war of attrition must come to its end.

There will be no major battles, but a long war of attrition.

Iran, however, held the advantage in the war of attrition.

The war of attrition then focused on another resource: human lives.

She insisted that this must be "a war of attrition".

"In the past, we would win a war of attrition.

For one thing, the industry's usual war of attrition that ground down other plaintiffs has not worked.

It was a war of attrition, with all the odds riding on the other side.

Until the Fleet was completed it came down to a war of attrition.

It's going to be a long war of attrition.

The Yankees did win the war of attrition, but a classic it was not.

That's what makes this new war of attrition frustrating to critics.

It was a grinding war of attrition, with no decision, as death and destruction ground along.

The city had an important role in the War of Attrition.

This war of attrition was divided into three main campaigns.

The night was loud, nasty and wild, a war of attrition.

Chinese leaders have been forced to acknowledge that they face a long war of attrition.

This war of attrition ended in 1739, when agreement was reached between the two sides.

It was a war of attrition one or other institution, as an effective instrument, had to go.

From the beginning, the two sides fought a mild war of attrition.

The children gradually become pawns in the couple's war of attrition.