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The Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority was established by the Legislature in 1991 to combat automobile theft.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Of roughly 280 days at sea, the Lincoln and Petersen spent around 200 in an active combat zone, playing a central role in Operation Epic Fury and the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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

“I repeat,” growled Major Puff while peering suspiciously up at Duane, ready for beak-to-paw combat, “who are you?”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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

The IDF did not respond to BBC requests for comment on how it combats organised looting and smuggling.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024

Nrf2 combats this toxic stress in brain cells, helping to stave off disease.

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

"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

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

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

“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

That injected concern about inflation and the Fed’s commitment to combating it into longer bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Revolut's rapid growth has meanwhile drawn criticism in recent years regarding its ability to comply with financial regulations, particularly those aimed at combating fraud and money laundering.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 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

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

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