Example Sentences

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Officials in the US and in Latin America have been combating the problem of screwworms for much of the past six decades, with limited success.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Firefighters have been combating a huge blaze at a Shell chemical plant in Deer Park, Texas, apparently caused by an explosion.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

The R.S.F. and the regular army have been combating each other, led by rival generals vying for power in Sudan, a northeast African country of 45 million people surrounded by seven nations.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

“AQAP is a threat to our community in Yemen and we Yemenis have been combating terrorism and AQAP.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2020

For more than thirty years I have been combating with all my might the theory of slave-holding sovereignty set forth in that article.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various