Example Sentences
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The freight company has combatted a weak shipping economy by controlling costs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
Even in industries that have long combatted workers' attempts to organize, like food service, workers have seen ongoing progress towards unionization and scored big political wins, like the creation of California's fast food labor council.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023
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
It combatted states’ efforts to treat immigrants like human beings.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2020
At the conclusion the Professor combatted it, repeating all the arguments against the theory.
From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.
