stem the tide
idiom
: to stop something from continuing and increasing
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We have to do something to stem the tide of violence.
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Having already halved the deficit through Gabriel Martinelli, Mikel Arteta’s side soon equalised through Mikel Merino, whose subsequent sending-off for a second yellow card belatedly helped Liverpool stem the tide.
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James Pearce, New York Times, 12 May 2025
While data archiving efforts can stem the tide of removals to some extent, there is no replacement for the government research infrastructures that produce and share climate data.
—Alejandro Paz, The Conversation, 14 Feb. 2025
But after stumbling its way through the first month of the Muss era, here was a chance, in its Big Ten debut, for USC to stem the tide of those early-season struggles.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Delaware lawmakers are scrambling to stem the tide, but the larger question looms: Is this the beginning of the end of the state’s corporate supremacy?
—Jeff Jacobs, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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James Pearce, New York Times, 12 May 2025
While data archiving efforts can stem the tide of removals to some extent, there is no replacement for the government research infrastructures that produce and share climate data.
—Alejandro Paz, The Conversation, 14 Feb. 2025
But after stumbling its way through the first month of the Muss era, here was a chance, in its Big Ten debut, for USC to stem the tide of those early-season struggles.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Delaware lawmakers are scrambling to stem the tide, but the larger question looms: Is this the beginning of the end of the state’s corporate supremacy?
—Jeff Jacobs, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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