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"control the damage" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to minimize the negative effects or consequences of a situation. You can use this phrase when referring to a situation where something has gone wrong or caused harm, and efforts are being made to limit the impact and prevent further damage. Example: The company's PR team worked tirelessly to control the damage caused by the CEO's controversial statements, issuing apologies and damage control strategies to mitigate the backlash.
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Mr. Netanyahu hurried to control the damage.
Since the news broke on Friday, Volkswagen has scrambled to control the damage.
Trying to control the damage, the Japanese banks said Lehman's figures greatly overstated their potential losses from Lehman's collapse.
Ms. Medina, 47, spent the day trying to control the damage.
Irritated European officials and an even angrier banking establishment scrambled to control the damage.
We have some time, but the Open Source community needs to prepare now to control the damage to come.
The team's performance has been poor, so we are trying to control the damage," a club official told Sportskeeda.
As crowds gathered, emergency personnel tried to control the damage, but just after 9 04 am the Mont-Blanc exploded.
When John Carreyrou's first exposé was published in The Wall Street Journal, Holmes appeared on CNBC's Mad Money to control the damage.
The slotted wall is designed to improve the deformation capacity and control the damage for the conventional shear wall.
There is a growing belief among Republican strategists here that if Ms. Medina can control the damage from Thursday's radio gaffe, she might force a runoff.
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