Sentence examples for working to contain from inspiring English sources

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.

I ask that you think of them and the thousands of other firefighters working to contain blazes throughout the region.

At a time when the members of the Olympic committee are working to contain costs, they will not want to set such an expensive precedent.

Rural Fire Service crews were working to contain blazes, including one at Port Stephens which had burnt more than 8,000 hectares by Tuesday afternoon.

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.

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

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

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