combat

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Email records show Flock’s courtship of the bureau dates at least to spring 2024, when the company agreed to donate two of its plate readers to help combat copper thefts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Residents of Utah and Maryland can now use it to combat skyrocketing utility bills, and seven more states—Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Virginia—have recently passed laws to make it possible, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In a later post on X, Newsom's office reposted an explainer to combat misinformation, adding: "And yes, for the record: we wish the votes were counted faster, too."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

On Tuesday, the special prosecutor's office to combat corruption and organised crime said it had opened an investigation into the project, without revealing details.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The Italians had been locked in futile combat along the Isonzo River in Austria since the summer of 1915, fighting a succession of inconclusive battles.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman