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The aircraft will be able to operate well above 18,000 feet, but is designed to work close to the ground in combat with human-piloted military vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Lovely and other analysts don’t buy the argument that the upcoming tariffs are a necessary move to combat the problem of forced labor.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Protecting the Amazon is crucial to combat climate change, since its dense vegetation absorbs the greenhouse gases that cause global warming.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has spoken about his difficulties re-integrating into society after combat and the disconnection many veterans feel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Zoya Malkova and two of her friends visited the local military recruitment officer at least three times, begging him to assign them to combat duty.

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

Even as her unsinkable, emotionally complicated boss combats Ava’s efforts to elevate the show at every turn, Ava’s maturation stands out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025

Leaders justify the handsome salaries by saying it combats corruption.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024

Conecta Arizona also combats misinformation about the upcoming Mexican presidential election that Félix said has been seeping over the border.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2024

The final stage of breaking to the cricket standard was by mock combats.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

It was possible, and sometimes she thought it probable, that his affection might be reanimated, and the influence of his friends successfully combated by the more natural influence of Jane’s attractions.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

The freight company has combatted a weak shipping economy by controlling costs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

Miller rode high in the 1990s as a Democrat who combatted crime and overhauled welfare, while creating lottery-funded college scholarships.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2022

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

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2021

It combatted states’ efforts to treat immigrants like human beings.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2020

Miss Alice Stone Blackwell promptly combatted the speaker's opinions, and the Woman's Journal reports that she was heartily applauded.

From Anti-Suffrage Essays by Various

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

What does it mean for Europe if the country that set the modern standard for combating antisemitism across the continent chooses to move on at a time of rising Jew-hatred?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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

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 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

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

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

"Defendants have adopted a new policy of excluding and deporting noncitizens whose work involves combatting misinformation and disinformation, fact-checking, content moderation, trust and safety, or compliance."

From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026

He said in his resignation letter his contributions included investigating why generative AI systems suck up to users, combatting AI-assisted bioterrorism risks and researching "how AI assistants could make us less human".

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

The United States has for months been building a major military deployment in the Caribbean with the stated goal of combatting Latin American drug trafficking.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

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