Example Sentences

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Their primary goal for years has been combating Islamic State and curbing Iranian influence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

The US has been combating Houthis, who have seized much of the north and west of the country during an ongoing civil war.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

Health authorities in the Seychelles on Thursday said six fully vaccinated people in one of the world’s most inoculated nations, which has been combating a delta variant surge, had died of the covid-19.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2021

Since its launch in September, the academy has been combating Shepaug’s declining enrollment by offering students within and outside the Region 12 school district experiential learning opportunities focused on animal, food, plant and power sciences.

From Washington Times • Feb. 4, 2020

He will probably urge that it is not so much Wagner himself that he has been combating, but the unreasoning enthusiasm of some of his thick-and-thin admirers.

From Masters of French Music by Hervey, Arthur