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make/put a dent

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• This kind of thing did not, and cannot, make a dent in Trump.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 May 2024
• The free passes put a dent in his pitch count, but the Mets were ready.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
• Sharp rings and finger nails couldn’t make a dent in these tights.
  — L.a. Hubilla, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
• One or two might make a dent in the numbers at the first debate this week.
  — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• But his string of hits didn’t make a dent on the pop side during his lifetime.
  — Kaitlyn Schwanemann, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
• But even that will only begin to put a dent in the problem.
  — Hank Beckman, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2021
• Friendly outings put a dent in your budget as the moon and Venus clash.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
• As drastic as that sounds, even that will barely make a dent.
  — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
• But curb shoppers don’t make a dent in what’s left behind.
  — Sonja Stott, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• But this rift between the co-stars and co-producers could put a dent in plans.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
• My first solution was get a thin piece of brass and make a dent in it with a center punch.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
• None of which is to say drive-ins can even make a dent in what Hollywood has lost in revenue.
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 30 June 2020
• But the chaos put a dent in their plans for training and recovery ahead of Wednesday’s game.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2024
• Those eight years in Israel didn’t seem to make a dent in his insatiable need for the spotlight.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023
• Even so, reforms have failed to make a dent in the state's production problems.
  — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
• Does your company have the ad budget to make a dent in the digital space this year?
  — Yec, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• The tiny pots of cream-to-powder shadow last forever—I’ve used mine so much but have yet to put a dent in it.
  — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2024
• The Blazers played better in the second quarter but not enough to make a dent into their deficit.
  — oregonlive, 3 Feb. 2023
• Patubo said last year’s unprecedented storms in the area put a dent in business.
  — Mae Anderson, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
• But for all her courthouse coups, Rice didn’t make a dent in the department’s mindset.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
• The second half was even, but the Sea Lions (18-13) couldn’t make a dent in the advantage the Cougars had taken midway through the first half.
  — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
• And with only 15 minutes of hands-on time, this dessert won't put a dent in your Thanksgiving prep.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
• But to really make a dent in Bangladesh's air pollution, many more kilns need to sign on.
  — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 18 May 2025
• The pastor doubted that approach on its own would make a dent in the country’s daily death toll.
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• The play has also put a dent in Barkley’s numbers — the 235-pound running back often takes the Eagles right up to the goal line, then sees the Tush Push called.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025
• The rain put a dent in precipitation deficits and helped to thwart fires raging in the mountains.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• But even that amount, experts say, would only begin to make a dent in building a new Ukraine.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 12 June 2024
• Live streaming is not the answer and will not even make a dent in a venue's monthly expenses.
  — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2020
• Many are graduating into jobs that don’t pay enough to keep up with the cost of living, let alone make a dent in student loans.
  — Nandan Sheth, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
• Feeble turnout during the A’s stint here could put a dent in their dreams of securing a new team, should the league follow through on its plans to expand beyond 30 teams in the coming years.
  — Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2025