as in equipment
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
grabbed my fishing tackle and headed out early one morning
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as in to undertake
to start work on energetically
once I clean the kitchen, I think I'll tackle the bathroom
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Recent Examples of tackle
Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
Kendricks finished 10 tackles, including two for loss, and the pass breakup.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
From gentle cleansers to serums that tackle fine lines and wrinkles, all ages (even my 20-something self) would appreciate her picks.
—Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Beset by injuries all season, including to standout tackles Joe Alt, and Rashawn Slater, the Chargers used 25 incarnations up front.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
Kendricks finished 10 tackles, including two for loss, and the pass breakup.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
The new research aims to tackle this problem.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
From gentle cleansers to serums that tackle fine lines and wrinkles, all ages (even my 20-something self) would appreciate her picks.
—Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tackle
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Sports Equipment While the dishwasher isn't ideal for cleaning baseball caps, uniforms, or equipment heavily-coated with mud, a trip through a dishwasher cycle is ideal to remove bacteria and odors from mouth guards and hard plastic shin guards.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
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The facility had dishes and equipment washed in an automatic dish machine without any sanitizer.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Kate Middleton undertook her first royal engagement of 2026 on January 8, which also doubled as her first joint appearance with her husband, Prince William.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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From 2016 to 2019, MCR Hotels undertook the project of restoring the historic building into an homage to the era that’s part-hotel, part-museum.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Jan. 2026
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Some of my tried-and-true hiking gear could definitely use a refresh.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
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Tri-State Fishing and Outdoor Show Don your camo gear and grab your fishing poles for the Tri-State Fishing and Outdoor Show.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Jan. 2026
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But videos captured by other observers and members of the public show an ICE agent approaching a Honda Pilot that was stopped on a snowy road and ordering the driver — later identified as Good — to open the door before grabbing the handle.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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How the Overtown museum came about Some years ago, Marilyn Holifield, co-founder of the museum and a partner in Holland & Knight, approached me about creating a museum featuring Overtown’s history, combined with art and technology.—
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Few authors are better equipped to address these questions than the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard, who made a name for himself by alchemizing his private life into approximately 3,500 pages of literary voyeurism and stamping it with the name of Hitler’s manifesto.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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In the case of robotics, his focus centers on the hope that automation will help address the potential labor shortages that may arise from manufacturing being onshored.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Jan. 2026
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In other words, pedestrian stuff that doesn’t light up social media or earn an invitation to hold forth on one of the Beltway chat shows.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Beyond politics, what about the more inside baseball industry stuff?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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The decisive role of security forces Multiple experts agreed that Iran’s future hinges on whether the regime’s coercive apparatus, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Basij militia and the regular military, remains intact.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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In December 2025, the heavy apparatus count was down to 240 and 207 ambulances with 90 service orders, according to LAFD data.—
Jeff Nguyen,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Kyiv — Russia attacked Ukraine with a hypersonic Oreshnik missile overnight Thursday, a rare use of one of its most advanced weapons during the latest onslaught targeting the country amid freezing temperatures.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 242 drones and 36 missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said Friday morning.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Tackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tackle. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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