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Nearly 800 firefighters were combating two active blazes in the area, while in the whole of mainland Portugal 2,124 firefighters, backed by 28 aircraft, were fighting 24 forest blazes.

From Reuters • Jul. 13, 2022

Mlambo-Ngcuka said the three issues that got the most money were combating gender-based violence, promoting women’s leadership and supporting the feminist movement.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2021

“Leading off from the citizenship question, so much of what we were combating was just the general fear,” said Kevin Cosney, senior organizing manager at California Calls, a coalition of community groups.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2019

More than 2,500 firefighters were combating the blaze as of Tuesday morning, officials said.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2011

In valiant spurts and jerks, alternating with ignominious flight, they were combating that column of flame and smoke with thimblefuls of water, flung out of stable buckets, or squirted from mussacks.

From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud