damage control

Example Sentences

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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

Maybe none of this is really damage control at all.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

Going into damage control, CBS announced its regret that a few listeners who had heard only parts of the program “mistook fantasy for fact.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow