as in to crack down (on)
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Continue reading … 'FIND SOME JOY' – Standup star urges people to put down their phones, step away from political rancor.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
6 Feb. 2025 -
So, wanting to support his significant other, the OP put down $1,500 for the down payment, according to his post.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Council plans Hammersmith and Fulham, the local council where the trial is happening, has previously slapped down bike sharing companies for cluttering up streets, but Lime and Human Forest both operate there now.—
Nicole Kobie,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Whether or not that played into the Board of Medicine’s actions, the body slapped down the Settlement Agreement and offered a Counter Settlement Agreement, which Simmons accepted.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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The businesswoman and author, 83, revealed on Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show that she was offered the chance to host the late-night sketch comedy series shortly after serving her five-month prison sentence in Alderson Federal Prison, but that the opportunity was quashed by her parole officer.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Otherwise, the tendency for members of a group to fall in line with the leader will marginalize or completely quash alternative viewpoints.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Increasingly, college and university presidents are saying that this is not the time for such leadership cowardice and are using their voices, despite some boards mistakenly wanting to silence them.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
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Since the jarring days in March 2020, when government shutdown orders silenced concerts in Nashville, the city's independent music venues have struggled to find a foothold.—
Nate Rau,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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Suppressing or repressing what happened last year can be like trying to hide a ferret in your pants.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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China grandstands about Gaza while repressing a Muslim community within its own borders.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Yes, the festival felt subdued with less star power than years past.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Feb. 2025
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Nigh was subdued and taken into custody without further incident.—
Greg Norman,
Fox News,
29 Jan. 2025
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We’ve been conditioned to lead like men, to suppress our intuition, our empathy, and our softness.—
Dr. Brittany Chambers,
Forbes,
7 Feb. 2025
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The censors suppressed or bowdlerized countless works of genius.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2025
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