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They merged these elements with more legible Chicana and Latina looks: razor-sharp eyeliner and structured hair was paired with fishnets and heavy combat boots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The metallic clang of sharp claws should evoke mythic combat, not knife prep at a roast beef station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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

Under George W. Bush, DHS underwent a reorganization to more effectively combat terrorism and respond to disasters like Hurricane Katrina.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

On January 30, only three weeks after they learned of Marina Raskova’s death, the 587th flew an independent combat mission for the first time.

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

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

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

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

Meanwhile, piggery managers combated mosquitoes by mowing grass, applying insecticides, removing standing water, and repairing window screens in offices and lunch rooms.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 21, 2023

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

They pose a threat that must be taken very seriously and actively combatted.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2021

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

He not only recanted the monstrous doctrine which made God the author of sin, but he openly combatted it.

From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Albert Taylor Bledsoe

But researchers have repeatedly questioned its effectiveness in combating misinformation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

They include last year’s Oscar winner, “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” about a small-town Russian schoolteacher combating propaganda, and 2024’s “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” about the intersection of jazz and politics in mid-20th century Congo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

It’s also worth asking one other question of someone like Greenblatt, who has made combating antisemitism his life’s work.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 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

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

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

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