Sentence examples for who combat from inspiring English sources

It is, according to the prize's website, "intended to honour exceptional individuals who combat intolerance, fanaticism and oppression".

Herrmann is one of about 8,000 "food-savers" across Germany, Switzerland and Austria who combat food waste through the growing online platform Foodsharing.

"I do want to pay tribute to the government of the Philippines and their agencies and personnel who worked so hard to secure Mr. Rodwell's release, including particularly those who combat kidnapping in the Philippines for the Philippines government.

And Mr Obama's plan to "support Afghan ministries, governors and local leaders who combat corruption and deliver for the people" may produce an Afghan state that is slightly less dysfunctional than the current one.

Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik has begun reorganizing the way the Police Department fights youth gangs, creating a single unit in which detectives, who investigate gangs, and uniformed officers, who combat them on the street, will work together.

The Italians who combat poaching are motivated by disgust with their country's lawlessness, and they rely heavily on tips from responsible hunters, like Canale, who become frustrated when, for example, they're unable to find quail to shoot because all the birds have been attracted to illegal recordings.

But a martyr who combats a brutal regime with calm intelligence, an insistence on truth and a cool courage is one to celebrate.

Mao Weidong who combats terrorism and organised crime as part of the Beijing police force's SWAT team during the day, set the record in front of Chinese news cameras at a special event in China's capital.

Her liaisons include Angel, a vampire who is arguably her true love; Riley, a military operative who combats the supernatural; Spike, another vampire; and Parker, a fellow college student and one-night stand.

But anyone who combats vote fraud comes in for abuse.

► Later that day, a Sifter pointed to a New York Times story about scientific superhero Sarah Parcak, who "combats looters in Egypt by tracking their illegal excavations via infrared satellite imagery".