war of attrition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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