combat
verb (used with object)
to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously.
was combating
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past progressiveof combat.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He entered the CIA in June 1969 when the agency, led by Richard Helms, was combating the Soviets and running clandestine operations in southeast Asia.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
The second priority outlined by Mr Blinken was combating the Covid-19 pandemic.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2021
NATO’s job was combating terrorism, he said, and governments and aid agencies made their own choices about nation-building.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
Pandemic-related lockdowns in the same period last year meant the company was combating highly differing base effects across its various businesses, CEO Boris Dobrodeev and board chairman Dmitry Grishin said in a joint comment.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2021
For the new school which he was combating already rested under the imputation of Crypto-Atheism.
From History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology by J. F. (John Fletcher) Hurst
