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Ivanka Trump joined Pompeo in handing out awards to 10 men and women who have combated human trafficking in their home countries.

From Washington Post Jun. 28, 2018

“Scientific advances have combated stigma around a wide variety of brain diseases, but not addiction.”

From Washington Post Jan. 15, 2016

Police have combated that violence with the use of "gang audits" — the sharing of gang intelligence between specialized citywide units and district personnel — and the daily influx of overtime officers.

From Chicago Tribune Dec. 31, 2014

I mean, that if I had been really the owner of a high name and station, it is just possible I might not so ably have combated the difficulty of the situation.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James

All who have combated for Burgundy Shall be included in the amnesty.

From Maid of Orleans by Schiller, Friedrich