damage control
Example Sentences
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Deploying botanical damage control, drawings were overlaid with the outlines of luxuriant trees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The fire prompted a major damage control response, with sailors working for hours to contain the blaze and ensure it had not spread to other parts of the ship, officials said.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Such damage control could revive their stocks after this year’s brutal selloff, driven by fears that AI would render software and services providers irrelevant.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
A day after federal prosecutors announced that the catastrophic Palisades fire was caused by the rekindling of a smaller arson fire days earlier, Los Angeles city officials were in damage control mode.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
In private Oval Office meetings, Nixon, Bob Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman discussed options for damage control.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
