damage control

Example Sentences

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The Navy acknowledged there had been some issues, citing the vessel's leadership as saying "clog incidents are addressed promptly by trained damage control and engineering personnel, with minimal downtime".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Such damage control could revive their stocks after this year’s brutal selloff, driven by fears that AI would render software and services providers irrelevant.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

A day after federal prosecutors announced that the catastrophic Palisades fire was caused by the rekindling of a smaller arson fire days earlier, Los Angeles city officials were in damage control mode.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

For most of Big Pharma, drug discounts have largely been about damage control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

In a minute, people will be here to do damage control on Peeta’s condition and the words that came out of his mouth.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins