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tackle

[tak-uhl, tey-kuhl] / ˈtæk əl, ˈteɪ kəl /






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Some Pacific leaders were staying at home to tackle domestic political priorities, said Nobetau, director of the institute's Pacific Islands programme.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

Scientists used a new error correction strategy to encode 70 logical qubits and tackle a problem considered classically intractable.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

But the Springboks held on, despite lock Lood de Jager being sent to the sin-bin for a high tackle.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Another candidate, Logan Taylor, started at right tackle.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

She would tackle the problem of land mines when she actually reached the border.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

In the second quarter, Mosley caught a pass over the middle and broke three tackles for 33 yards.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

Interior offensive linemen, right tackles, and tight ends were cheap.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

"I can't accept, and we shouldn't accept, losing individual battles, duels, second balls, not winning enough tackles and just getting the momentum of the game going our way," the former Hearts manager added.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Its three leaders’ recommendations could be a chance for Warsh to put a new stamp on how the central bank tackles rising prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Teams had six tackles, or downs, to score before the opposing team took possession of the ball and tried to score.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

Aditi Shrikant and Beth Pinsker tackled the above question:

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

She tackled “diva” with Mariah Carey and “bimbo” with Paris Hilton.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

So the head of communications, for instance, became the head of finance as they tackled issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The blaze was one of several being tackled across England and Wales on Thursday, the hottest day of the year so far.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

We’d tackled gun control, the meaning of intellectual property, the structure of American education, and the future of networked computing.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

More than 600 firefighters are tackling the blaze from the air and ground, working in “incredibly steep and difficult terrain,” Beyer said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Burnham has embarked on what Downing Street called a "summer tour" of the UK, appeared on podcasts and announced a series of eye-catching policies, mainly aimed at tackling the cost of living.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

“But there is a risk his comments are deemed not strong enough on tackling inflation, which pulls the USD down,” Clifton adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the previous plans were "too slow" and ministers should be "laser focused" on tackling such crimes.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling the most unforgiving routes with minimal equipment, in the boldest style imaginable.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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