Sentence examples for tackle from inspiring English sources
tackle
A system of ropes and blocks used to increase the force applied to the free end of the rope.
The word "tackle" is correct and usable in written English. It is usually used in the sense of to "confront and deal with a problem or difficult task". For example, you could say: "The company is prepared to tackle any challenge that comes their way.".
Paris is aware that if it is unable to tackle the issue of its pension shortfall, France's triple-A credit rating may be cut.
Hollywood also found it easier to tackle these issues through the prism of the musical, as in 1957's The Pajama Game, where Doris Day and her factory superintendent resolve their industrial dispute by falling in love.
Method: Attempts to tackle the resulting problem of soil fertility have largely flopped so far.
Other demonstrators said there was no political will to tackle issues around racism and inequality.
Most weeks on Match of the Day you see at least one wild tackle that the panel agree should have been punished by dismissal.
Billing it as an alternative to "lame-stream" TV and partnered with new media group Tapp, Palin promises to tackle ideas "Washington doesn't want you to hear" and to "cut through the media's politically correct filter".
"I also welcome the fact that Queen's has shown the corporate courage to tackle sensitive and controversial and potentially divisive issues".
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