combat

At this point in the story, Edward the Confessor is still King and William and Harold are not yet locked in combat.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Women have been serving for decades now, including in front line roles, even if they were only legally recognized as combat soldiers in 2013.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Misinformation and in some cases superstition are playing a role, and health workers’ attention is turning to how to combat false news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Hamawy is a former Army combat surgeon who served in Iraq.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

In just a few years, it will grow by thirty combat divisions and one hundred aircraft squadrons, and its navy will be larger and stronger than the navies of the United States and Britain combined.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The Man of Steel combats gigantic robots programmed to abscond with jewels and other valuables and then take to the air to return to their mad-genius minder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

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

The proteins' interaction, or pathway, is a well-known target for treating many conditions because Keap1 essentially controls when Nrf2 responds to -- and combats -- oxidative stress.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024

Japanese warfare had previously involved single combats between samurai swordsmen, who stood in the open, made ritual speeches, and then took pride in fighting gracefully.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

"The US government is showing the way forward; something that is long overdue in Germany. All forms of extremism must be combated, and all terrorist organisations must be fought and banned."

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 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

O’Malley combatted this firsthand while trying to turn things around for Social Security.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024

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

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

And at first Garth combatted a quick impulse to let go.

From The Gray Mask by Camp, Wadsworth

Sometimes I think people “wash out” and I think it’s wonderful how she’s combating that narrative in so many ways, and that people are out here supporting her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

All nine companies are failing when it comes to combating "existential" threats such as pursuing models that reach human-level intelligence, known as "artificial general intelligence" or AGI, the report said.

From Barron's ● 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

By increasing fat burning while simultaneously limiting the formation of new fat cells, targeting Mitch could eventually provide researchers with a new strategy for combating obesity.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

I can feel my mind immediately combating the body.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

Colombia's president-elect, de la Espriella, will take office a few days later, having won a similarly razor-thin election on the promise of combatting organised crime.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu chaired a ministerial meeting on Thursday afternoon to develop a readiness plan for extreme heat events, including combatting forest fires and ensuring adequate water supplies over the summer.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

An Israeli military official admitted that the primary bottleneck in combatting the threat came from "gaps in weapons development".

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

"I just hope with all my heart that you become, say, a little tougher" in combatting antisemitism, she told those present, including Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 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