tackling
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Elsewhere, new measures allowing police to order people to remove face coverings have been introduced in Nottingham and are due to be introduced in Stafford, as authorities look at different ways of tackling anti-social behaviour.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
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
But EDL, charged with maintaining the grid, is tackling large debts incurred during the expansion and due to consumer subsidies.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“And the Pringles. Don’t forget about tackling them.”
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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
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
The friends of France our shrouds and tacklings?
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare
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
