tackling

The government says it is exploring other avenues of tackling prolific shoplifting, in addition to prison sentences and drug treatment, such as technology or court orders preventing them from visiting certain shops or areas.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Doubts about how committed Fed rate setters are to tackling inflation have hurt the central bank’s sway over the bond market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

After that, working groups are expected to start the less-than-sexy task of tackling the legal and technical details in the different areas in which the EU and Canada now hope to establish closer ties.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Already there are hapless teams wondering if it’s time to stop tackling their opponents in order to chase some of those New Orleans quarterbacking genes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

It’s been hard for me to accept that I’ll never again get to work alongside him, crafting another canoe, or tackling his mounds of paperwork.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

"Here he lingered and cast off his tacklings and gave me his last kiss."

From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch

See how her sayles be rent, her tacklings worne, Her Cable broke, her surest Anchor lost: Her Marryners doe leaue her all forlorne, Yet how shee bends towards that blessed Coast!

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Cyril Brett

Her shroudes are torne to pieces & her tacklings to raggs.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen

But as soon as I got word what happened I bade Ralph to put the tacklings on the ass.

From New Irish Comedies by Lady Gregory

Observe the rattling of the tacklings, and see the sheets that fasten the mainsail behind; the force of the wind puts them upon the stretch.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Peter Anthony Motteux