Sentence examples for worked to contain from inspiring English sources

During the cold war, we worked to contain these two powers and limit their reach.

| Beneath the calm, SAC Capital worked to contain the fallout from an inquiry.

Two neighborhoods in the capital, Bucharest, were off-limits as the authorities worked to contain bird flu outbreaks, officials said.

Also, crews in Montana worked to contain flames near a residential area close to Seeley Lake, northeast of Missoula.

More than 1,800 firefighters in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties worked to contain it; 7 of them suffered minor injuries.

Emanuel has worked to contain the crisis, but his response has seemed uncharacteristically clumsy for a man known in Washington for keen political calculation.

U.S. Forest Service officials said the blaze jumped a containment line overnight and made a push south that crews are working to contain.

Humble said although Arizona is working to contain the illness, he's sure it will spread.

Meanwhile, firefighters are working to contain a bushfire on the NSW mid north coast that has been threatening properties.

So rather than coming up with radical new ideas, they work to contain costs however they can.

In this 360º video, firefighters work to contain the blazes that have so far claimed more than forty lives.