combat
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Programs to build frigates, extend the lives of aging cruisers and operate a large fleet of littoral combat ships have foundered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
"Just like sugar damage is linked to diet, I'm interested in how the food and beverages we consume can help combat the harmful bacteria and benefit our oral health," Wu said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
He was also a veteran twice over, though he never saw combat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The inquest also heard the FV-511model involved in the incident was not ordinarily used for disembarking troops and close combat.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Her red hair was piled haphazardly on top of her head, and she was sporting an impressive black eye from our combat training that day.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“Sadly, business is booming,” said Michael Peck, head of the Secret Service’s Global Investigative Operations Center, which combats financial crime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Even as her unsinkable, emotionally complicated boss combats Ava’s efforts to elevate the show at every turn, Ava’s maturation stands out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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
The Times has reported that numerous fire hydrants in higher-elevation streets of the Palisades went dry, leaving crews struggling with low water pressure as they combated the flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 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
O’Malley combatted this firsthand while trying to turn things around for Social Security.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024
Miller rode high in the 1990s as a Democrat who combatted crime and overhauled welfare, while creating lottery-funded college scholarships.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
If you find an egg mass on a tree that you can scrape off, you’re making a bigger impact, but realistically the only way the infestation can be combatted is on an industrial scale.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2022
At the conclusion the Professor combatted it, repeating all the arguments against the theory.
From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny
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
Scientists and policymakers say reducing methane leaks—from oil-and-gas wells, where the gas is the main component of natural gas—is crucial to combating climate change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 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
And the committee recommended that the BBC is given new public purposes relating to innovation and technology and combating misinformation and disinformation.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
I can feel my mind immediately combating the body.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
"South Africa has challenges with the prevention of crime and with the combatting of crime," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
But if America wants secure aluminum supply chains, combatting unfair trade is necessary but not sufficient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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
An Israeli military official admitted that the primary bottleneck in combatting the threat came from "gaps in weapons development".
From BBC ● May 28, 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
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