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With a high-tech and defense-tech power like Israel, which has a habit of learning from its combat experience and improving U.S. systems, there’s a strong national-interest case for U.S. military aid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Months later, the 13,000-ton vessel trained for combat in a carrier strike group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Senior officers say they are investing in technology to combat e-bikes, but said this was not just a policing problem, and would need a broader effort to tackle the issue.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

When Kyle MacLachlan’s Paul says he’s “not in the mood” for combat training, Gurney explodes at him: “Mood’s a thing for cattle and loveplay, not fighting!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The First World War had ended before he completed his flight training, but he often wrote about combat pilots and aerial performers in his fiction.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The company combats these techniques with technology that detects anomalies, such as spotting the same pay stubs being submitted to different lenders by more than one loan applicant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms said Tuesday that it’s ending a third-party fact-checking program in the United States, a controversial move that will change how the social media giant combats misinformation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025

Leaders justify the handsome salaries by saying it combats corruption.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024

The proteins' interaction, or pathway, is a well-known target for treating many conditions because Keap1 essentially controls when Nrf2 responds to -- and combats -- oxidative stress.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024

Japanese warfare had previously involved single combats between samurai swordsmen, who stood in the open, made ritual speeches, and then took pride in fighting gracefully.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Experts say the refurbished phone was likely loaded with spyware, and that she could have combated this by restoring factory settings before setting it up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Google has also combated the idea that AI will kill its Search business by developing AI Overviews and AI Search.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025

"We've always combated those views, and we've always worked with young people - and that's the same for racist views and homophobic views," he says.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025

Numerous fire hydrants in higher-elevation streets of the Palisades went dry, leaving firefighters struggling with low water pressure as they combated the flames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

I combated him with health class facts and my father’s numbers.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

The freight company has combatted a weak shipping economy by controlling costs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

Their actions, the inspector general wrote in his November 2022 report, reflect "a brazenness and sense of impunity amongst certain Choate staff that must be combatted."

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2023

Experts also blame the worsening fire situation on a 2007 decision to disband a federal aviation network that spotted and combatted wildfires.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2021

It combatted states’ efforts to treat immigrants like human beings.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2020

This, it may be feared, is the notion of many, and it is one to be earnestly combatted.

From Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day by Alfred Farthing Robbins

In her first statement, Stewart told Page Six that she has been committed to combating homelessness via charity and will continue to work toward making a difference.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Such therapies could potentially target harmful bacteria responsible for human infections, providing a new approach to combating bacterial disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Here in New England, they are also proving useful in combating Canadian wildfire smoke.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

In an apparent response, Rospotrebnadzor on Tuesday announced that Russia was prepared to assist the United States in combating its own outbreaks of infectious diseases.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

I put in long hours at Sidley & Austin, often eating both lunch and dinner at my desk while combating a continuous flow of documents, all of them written in precise and decorous lawyer-language.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

He said he would encourage the US to help South Africa with resources on combatting crime, including by providing equipment to speed up reaction times.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

A documentary offers a history of cystic fibrosis and the medical advancements in combatting it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Automatic license plate readers like Flock cameras were by far the top choice for combatting catalytic converter theft, beating out overtime for investigators and additional training.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Daniel Noboa, who ultimately went on to win the election and become Ecuador's president, has taken a hardline military approach to combatting crime gangs.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

She claimed to be an expert in combatting cold weather and in avoiding head colds.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey