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.

Examples of stem the tide in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Developers who’ve spoken out in support of Sweet Baby are faced with similar treatment, with several making their accounts private in an attempt to stem the tide of abuse. —Ash Parrish, The Verge, 18 Mar. 2024

Amazon has sought to stem the tide by limiting self-publishers to three books per day. —Will Oremus, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024

New York City itself has tried to stem the tide by going after landlords, but Mayor Eric Adams has been imploring Albany to grant the city more power to respond. —Cedar Attanasio, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024

Voters were about evenly split on whether passing more restrictive asylum laws would stem the tide of asylum seekers coming to the U.S. —Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024

In their holistic approach, TRCs illustrate the immense care and cooperation needed to stem the tide of violence. —Allen Arthur, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2024

For the first time in history, new drugs could prove to be the game changer to stem the tide of people living with obesity, an epidemic which has grown exponentially since the 1970s, costing $173 billion per year in medical costs in the United States alone. —James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024

The celebrity basketball game and fundraiser, Seize the Smoke, was planned for the Wayne State Fieldhouse Sunday afternoon, organized by Allen’s parents who started the nonprofit in his name to stem the tide of gun violence in Detroit. —Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024

If Ukraine is to make an immediate difference in tackling this lingering stigma and change the cultural life of the country, creative and innovative steps must be taken by businesses, academia, and other entities to stem the tide. —James P. Moore Jr., Fortune Europe, 22 Feb. 2024