combat
Example Sentences
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Martin Parr had never been to war, but he had witnessed combat—on aisle three.
Those were the years when the Fed was cutting rates to combat a weak economy, despite that decade’s battle with inflation.
Turkey has stepped up efforts to combat illicit antiquities trading and in 2025 alone secured the repatriation of 180 cultural artefacts.
From Barron's
The U.S. recently moved littoral combat ships, which it uses to clear mines, out of the region.
"It is a great disgrace that, when cooperation agreements to combat international criminal organizations are being discussed, Brazil does not participate in forming that broad coalition of nations."
From Barron's
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