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Eli Lilly says it "continues to work with law enforcement and regulatory authorities to combat black market drugs".

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 don’t … I wouldn’t call it a war,” Vance said, claiming that major combat operations lasted for about six weeks and destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

For years, Hollywood has talked about a federal film and television tax credit that could help the industry combat the growing number of productions fleeing overseas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

She flew combat missions with little bouquets of flowers stuck on her dashboard.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

It combats what Dr Franco calls "relational loneliness" - the loss of deeper platonic bonds needed for healthy human connection.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 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

Now a research team from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, has created a unique system that combats the dilemma, thus paving the way for longer computation time and more robust quantum computers.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024

She combats this by trying her hardest never to get her hopes up, and urging everyone else to do the same.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

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

Numerous fire hydrants in higher-elevation streets of the Palisades went dry, leaving firefighters struggling with low water pressure as they combated the flames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

Meanwhile, piggery managers combated mosquitoes by mowing grass, applying insecticides, removing standing water, and repairing window screens in offices and lunch rooms.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 21, 2023

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

If you find an egg mass on a tree that you can scrape off, you’re making a bigger impact, but realistically the only way the infestation can be combatted is on an industrial scale.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2022

They pose a threat that must be taken very seriously and actively combatted.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2021

Experts also blame the worsening fire situation on a 2007 decision to disband a federal aviation network that spotted and combatted wildfires.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2021

Mr. McBride, who has been a practical workman with the plane, has successfully combatted all the difficulties in the way of producing a perfect article.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Ben Casseday

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

In Germany, Dobrindt in June opened a new Joint Center for Countering Hybrid Threats in Berlin, aiming to centralize work detecting and combating espionage, sabotage, disinformation and state-sponsored terrorism, among other dangers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

At 7 p.m. the evacuation warning was lifted and an additional highway lane reopened as crews continued to make progress combating the fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

The chess body said combating cheating remained one of its highest priorities, but it stressed that such allegations must be handled through its established procedures.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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

The security ministry also issued a statement expressing opposition to "bombings by international warships targeting civilians" that "undermined co-operation… in combatting piracy", and demanded an immediate explanation for why they were carried out.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Harman, a former minister and deputy party leader, will take on an advisor role aimed at combatting violence against women and girls, while Brown will become a special envoy on global finance.

From Barron's ● May 9, 2026

Iran's envoy to Ukraine, Shahriar Amouzegar, dismissed the support Kyiv has offered to the United States and its Gulf allies in combatting drones as "a joke", in an interview with AFP.

From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026

The official said the Syrian government has agreed to take the lead combatting terrorism within its borders and US military presence "at scale" is no longer required.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 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