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The scientists plan to investigate which dosage produces the strongest antibacterial effect and use additional experimental models to determine whether the compound can also combat recurring C. difficile infections.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

In account of Saturday's events, Rutland told reporters that members of the infantry had been conducting "high-intensity combat training with live munitions" at a grenade range and attack range.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Pacific Island countries with small populations have struggled to patrol millions of kilometres of Pacific Ocean to combat illegal fishing fleets from Asia and the passage of "narco subs" deployed from South America.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

As dusk settled, Stupnikov stood in a circle with other newly minted officers holding, per Russian military tradition, a combat helmet filled with champagne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

That didn’t happen for a long time—nor did everyone who joined Marina Raskova’s aviators end up flying as combat pilots.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

“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

The policy, which comes into effect in September, "combats rampant visa abuse, and strengthens national security through regular vetting", the Department of Homeland Security said.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

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

Now a research team from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, has created a unique system that combats the dilemma, thus paving the way for longer computation time and more robust quantum computers.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 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

"The US government is showing the way forward; something that is long overdue in Germany. All forms of extremism must be combated, and all terrorist organisations must be fought and banned."

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 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

In fact, the cyclotron had been working perfectly well with beams far more defocused by imperfections in the magnetic field—those bothersome irregularities combated by shimming—than they would be by the relativistic effects that Bethe posited.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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 view naturally commended itself to spiritists, but by the unbelieving it was vigorously combatted, not a few insinuating or openly alleging that Dr. Stevens's narrative was a work of fiction.

From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce

The books follow Thursday Next, a special-ops agent charged with combating criminal offenses against literary works.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

But researchers have repeatedly questioned its effectiveness in combating misinformation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The mundane, everyday requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act are a great tool for combating this paranoid strategy for targeting the marginalized.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

It is also doubtful that the US will get meaningful co-operation from the Myanmar government in combating the scam industry.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Marigolds are now used in many places for combating nematodes.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

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

Colombia's president-elect, de la Espriella, will take office a few days later, having won a similarly razor-thin election on the promise of combatting organised crime.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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