bring under control
Example Sentences
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Other prices could be harder to bring under control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
They are believed to have come from containers on board the Solong and had been released during the intense fires, which took a week to bring under control.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
Gale-force winds combined with hot, dry weather to whip up the flames over the past week in Greece, making the blazes exceptionally difficult to bring under control.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
Once inflation gets built into an economy it tends to become more difficult to bring under control without triggering an economic slowdown, or even a recession.
From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2022
On and on they ran, out of breath, to be sure, but determined to see the great Chicago fire that required two such great engines to bring under control.
From The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs by Stevens, C. M. (Charles McClellan)
