damage control

NOUN

containment of damage or loss

Synonyms

WEAK

compensation correction damage assessment disaster control recompense troubleshooting

Example Sentences

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President Bola Tinubu has even stepped in to try and resolve the tensions, setting up a high-level committee to do some damage control.

From BBC

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

From The Wall Street Journal

But it also attempts to do some damage control for Deen, who continues to reel from a bombshell 2013 deposition that soured her reputation and impacted her business — hard.

From Salon

Netanyahu engaged in damage control on Tuesday, saying he was talking specifically about Israel’s defense industry and that the wider economy was “strong and innovative.”

From Los Angeles Times

So the amount of damage control and cajoling it will take to keep things on track after the disaster in Arizona is enough to make a good fire advocate’s head spin.

From Los Angeles Times