damage control
Example Sentences
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"It was a hush email," and "an effort to damage control," says one worker - while another says it made her "furious".
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Is there any damage control that can be done?
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
But by the time he got there, his monologue had been transformed from a pure celebration of his overnight success into an exercise in damage control.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
Amodei apologized for the comment and said Anthropic would go to court to fight the supply-chain risk designation, but he will likely have to do more damage control to co-exist with the administration moving forward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Her expression said a bit of damage control was in order.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
