Example Sentences

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"At the same time, we have to remain cost-effective, and the drones we are combating are often not particularly expensive -- so the protection must not be too costly."

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

Public health experts are combating two outbreaks of the deadly Marburg virus on opposite sides of the African continent.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2023

Unlike large retailers like Amazon and Starbucks that are combating labor action, Aaron immediately recognized the union.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Priorities common to the 22 are combating alienation, moving “beyond the biomedical model” that puts “psychotropic drugs at the center” and replacing “the language of diagnoses” with an emphatic embrace of “human diversity.”

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

Parents and teachers cannot possibly be natural in this day, cannot live or love natural law unless they know the machinery by which their communities are combating conditions prejudicial to health, morals, and civic efficiency.

From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.