"The battle has certainly shifted to the states, and our members want us to be there fighting the fight."
All that effort to find that the battle was shifting with him.
The battle shifted the balance of power in Eastern Europe.
Since then the battle has shifted back to the diplomatic arena.
The battle for control of corporations shifted from the board room to the securities markets.
Safer from attack, maybe, but unable to move forward if the battle shifted the other way.
The battle will now shift to that bill, which has 138 co-sponsors from both parties.
In any case, the battle would then cease, or shift many degrees across the sky.
The battle shifted as the momentum of that last charge faded.
If you killed the cornerstones, the whole battle would shift.