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

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

Her half-crazy, superstitious notion could only have been combatted by its non-realisation.

From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Zangwill, Louis