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"Retailers are combatting this through a clear focus on great value for consumers, expanding budget ranges, and finding ways to cut costs where possible," she added.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023

Fire departments are combatting more brush fires and crops are growing poorly.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2022

The harassment largely died down over the summer, and she’s used this respite to assist on-the-ground community organizers who are combatting anti-Asian violence.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2021

More than 1,000 firefighters, including from the National Forest Service, the National Guard and volunteers from as far away as Missouri, are combatting the flames.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2015

York Tablet: It is not alone the Irish and Americans who are combatting against England's monopoly of the world's trade.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 by Various