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combat

[kuhm-bat, kom-bat, kuhm-, kom-bat, kuhm-] / kəmˈbæt, ˈkɒm bæt, ˈkʌm-, ˈkɒm bæt, ˈkʌm- /




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Email records show Flock’s courtship of the bureau dates at least to spring 2024, when the company agreed to donate two of its plate readers to help combat copper thefts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

To combat this, the U.S. should exploit a choke point one level deeper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

It said the MoD now expected soldiers to conduct maintenance checks every time they stopped the vehicles, which was "unreasonable" given that they might need to use the vehicles for long periods in combat operations.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Talbot said from the federal to the local level, everyone in the ranching community has been talking about the arrival of screwworm and how to combat it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

That way, American men could be freed up for combat work.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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