fight off


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The experiment is also a reminder: Next time you fight off the flu, thank your germs!
Her comments came after the survey also revealed some of the measures drivers take to fight off tiredness behind the wheel.
Britain's Prince Charles is to take a break from commitments to fight off a persistent chest infection, dpa cited his spokesman as saying today.
While the elderly customer barricaded herself in the couple's daughter's bedroom, Barry grabbed a stool to fight off the would-be robbers who were armed with a 2in wide and 14in long machete.
Meanwhile, the Easter Road club will fight off competition from Britain's top clubs to land Austrian wonderkid Elias Wagner.
Manila -- One group of agitators the president has to fight off are the sponsors of pro-abortion, pro-sex-education policies.
The girl he loves, Dojihla, is especially stubborn and unaccepting of any man's love, so then the story becomes a hero tale, as Wabi goes off into an unknown wilderness, with his wolf companion, to fight off evil creatures and then to return to the Indian village to win Dojihla's love.
The full-time mother to Matthew, Kasey, four, and Christopher, three, says it was her maternal instinct that gave her the strength to fight off her attacker.
But don't stress yourself out just to fight off germs: Dhabhar points out that because these studies were done only on mice, the results still need to be tested on people.
It illustrates and tells how to cut off the ring, fight off ropes, cultivate various hooks, and combine single punches into a uniform strategy.
Americans United is working with defenders of church-state separation in Kansas to fight off the new board initiative.
While pests are not welcome anywhere, they're especially not wanted in long term care facilities because they pose a potentially serious health hazard for residents who may not be healthy enough to fight off diseases the creatures can carry.
Professor Tim Jacob, head of the smell research laboratory at Cardiff University, told how partners with different immuno-types were helping in terms of evolution to ensure children are born with the strongest immune systems to fight off ailments.
Our bodies are not able to fight off sickness and diseases, and lack of nutrients can even affect our ability to learn.