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
It is meant at least to imply that somewhere is lodged a power to bring under control or supervision the refractory or evil elements of society for the well being of the whole.
From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Clarence Darrow
