combat
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Rodriguez, who is also the Laredo Police Chief, sees the cameras as a powerful law enforcement tool, particularly to combat criminal organizations.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
A dedicated officer is to be hired in west London in a trial to combat the problem of water-polluting misconnections.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Noboa in March was among the first leaders to join the US leader's "Shield of the Americas," a Washington-led coalition to combat drug trafficking in the region.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Chief Executive Jay Chaudhry said that Zscaler is well-equipped to help companies both combat threats posted by agentic AI and also securely deploy AI agents and models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Aboard one of those trains were nearly four hundred young women who were about to become combat aviators.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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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
Nrf2 combats this toxic stress in brain cells, helping to stave off disease.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
The final stage of breaking to the cricket standard was by mock combats.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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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
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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
She judged herself harshly as the victim of the failing which she had so long combatted in her mother and sister.
From Nancy of Paradise Cottage by Shirley Watkins
“When I think of combating crime, I’m thinking … more boots on the ground, hiring more officers to tackle the crime or some type of undercover work.”
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
It read: "Taking the law into one's own hands, especially when it involves public figures, is a reprehensible practice that prevents the IDF from focusing on its missions of combating terrorism and incitement to violence."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“We’ve spent a ton of resources in Minneapolis combating fraud, and that includes a very intense look at the leadership and the programs and who’s administering them,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Later, Feinmann said his words were not directed at the Mexican people — while musing that Sheinbaum had bigger things to worry about, like combating narco-trafficking, violence and corruption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Marigolds are now used in many places for combating nematodes.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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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
The security ministry also issued a statement expressing opposition to "bombings by international warships targeting civilians" that "undermined co-operation… in combatting piracy", and demanded an immediate explanation for why they were carried out.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
At the same time as he is strengthening Flock's safeguards, he is pitching his company's products as crucial to combatting crime and improving policing in the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
France's finance minister acknowledged Tuesday that two days of talks among leading global economies were "sometimes difficult", even as the group agreed a statement committing to multilateral cooperation in combatting growing economic risks.
From Barron's ● May 19, 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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