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That led her to co-found the Coalition Against Stalkerware, an international working group tackling the problem of software tools frequently used to spy on unknowing romantic partners.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Fire crews had been tackling blazes across Wales and England which prompted the UK government to issue the nationwide wildfire alert.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

A fleet of small boats evacuated about 500 tourists from beaches in northern Greece as a forest fire threatened two popular resorts on Thursday, with hundreds of firefighters tackling the flames.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

It is a complicated question that he answered while tackling your biggest enemies in retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Well — in that case ...” said Professor McGonagall, staring at the three of them, “Miss Granger, you foolish girl, how could you think of tackling a mountain troll on your own?”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

Betwixt the hollow hanging of a hill, And crooked bending of a craggy rock, The sails wrapt up, the mast and tacklings down, She lies so close that none can find her out.

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2 by Christopher Marlowe

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

"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

And now are not our ships' timbers rotted and their tacklings loosed, and do not many of our warriors think in their hearts how their wives and children have long been waiting for their return?

From The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy by Willy Pogany

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