as in to contend (with)
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The reinforcement needed to combat wind loads simply made the price tag too high for most developers.—
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
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In September, Spotify announced new measures to combat spam and the impersonation of real artists, but frequent incidents like King Gizzard’s illustrate that the company is struggling to moderate against the influx of AI chum.—
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The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System passed a resolution Thursday opposing the expansion of Waymo’s robotaxis.—
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Various Christian faith healing groups, which believe in prayer over medicine, and Christian Scientists, which believe illness is an illusion, oppose vaccines.—
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All across Minnesota, people are learning about opportunities not just to resist, but to help people who are in danger.—
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While Denmark’s and Greenland’s foreign ministers were in Washington, Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen was back home resisting this idea, alongside Greenland’s premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen.—
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Fifty years ago, my father was a Vietnamese soldier who fought as an ally to the United States Armed Forces in Vietnam.—
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Dickens’ appearance was during an ongoing back and forth fight between the city and MARTA over transit expansion in Atlanta.—
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Episode 3 ended with Ron, Eric Nam, Kristen Kish, and Caroline Stanbury all tied to trees and hilariously pleading for their lives while the Traitors and a masked executioner all just kind of stood there awkwardly.—
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For immigration advocates in the Bay Area, Good’s death has intensified long-standing concerns about intimidation and retaliation against those who monitor federal agents.—
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In keeping with the Cinderella story, Fanny learns to withstand her active Aunt Norris’s cruelty.—
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Shoppers with mature skin who’ve nixed foundation even swear by its lasting power to withstand hot flashes.—
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It was revealed in 2024 that Mavis Leno, to whom the talk show legend has been married since 1980, has been battling an advanced form of dementia.—
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Known around Ramona as leader of the Ukulele Jammers and the Ramona Ukuladies, Brustad led a successful fundraising drive to get 25 ukuleles for her granddaughter’s school in Seattle, but also cared for her daughter, Jessica Brustad, who was battling skin cancer.—
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“Square (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20%28off%29. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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