damage control

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The Navy acknowledged there had been some issues, citing the vessel's leadership as saying "clog incidents are addressed promptly by trained damage control and engineering personnel, with minimal downtime".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

But by the time he got there, his monologue had been transformed from a pure celebration of his overnight success into an exercise in damage control.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 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

Inside Vanity Fair, a new editor in chief is doing damage control for the attention now fixed on one of his most high-profile hires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

It was stunning news, after three months of hand-wringing and damage control at the highest levels of the KGB.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau