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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The goal of the film is to stem the tide of veteran suicides—about 17 a day—by showing those struggling that there is hope.
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
In communities across the country, ERs and their staff are straining under a burden of too many patients, too few beds and a stubborn dearth of viable solutions to stem the tide.
—Eric Snoey, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Much could depend on whether quarterback Sam Leavitt is fit to return after injury kept him out against the Utes, though even his return may not be sufficient to stem the tide.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Never reaching for melodrama, A Small Light is moving dramatic television, a reminder of the responsibility people share when faced with the potential to stem the tide of evil in this world.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
In communities across the country, ERs and their staff are straining under a burden of too many patients, too few beds and a stubborn dearth of viable solutions to stem the tide.
—Eric Snoey, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Much could depend on whether quarterback Sam Leavitt is fit to return after injury kept him out against the Utes, though even his return may not be sufficient to stem the tide.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Never reaching for melodrama, A Small Light is moving dramatic television, a reminder of the responsibility people share when faced with the potential to stem the tide of evil in this world.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stem the tide
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“Stem the tide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stem%20the%20tide. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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