stem the tide
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: to stop something from continuing and increasing
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We have to do something to stem the tide of violence.
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By most accounts, Trump’s ground game—powered by the witless Musk—was a bit of a mess, but Harris’s professional field operation seems to have been helpless to stem the tide of Trump’s support.
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The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
The big picture: This continues a trend of U.S. airline consolidation, despite some Biden administration efforts to stem the tide.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
Yet, despite extraordinary efforts to stem the tide, billions of Captagon pills from dozens of manufacturing centers continue to pour across Syria’s borders and through its seaports.
—Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
In the 1970s, California legislators, led by Dixon Arnett, sought to criminalize the hiring of undocumented people—hoping to stem the tide of migration.
—Eladio B. Bobadilla / Made By History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
The big picture: This continues a trend of U.S. airline consolidation, despite some Biden administration efforts to stem the tide.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
Yet, despite extraordinary efforts to stem the tide, billions of Captagon pills from dozens of manufacturing centers continue to pour across Syria’s borders and through its seaports.
—Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
In the 1970s, California legislators, led by Dixon Arnett, sought to criminalize the hiring of undocumented people—hoping to stem the tide of migration.
—Eladio B. Bobadilla / Made By History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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