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or staunch
as in to repress
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Recent Examples of stanch
Though Brennan Bernardino stanched the bleeding with two scoreless innings, the Boston bats had deflated.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
The hope is that after five days of talks and speeches, nations will agree to international controls on fishing, deep-sea mining, wildlife conservation, and other issues, in order to stanch the rapid degradation of oceans, crucial to reining in global warming.
—Vivienne Walt, Time, 10 June 2025
The proscribing of Marine Le Pen will do little to stanch support for the far right.
—Keith Bradsher Nicholas Casey Adali Schell David Broder, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Congress needs to stanch the bleeding — and give serious thought to overhauling this flawed system for the longer term.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
The hope is that after five days of talks and speeches, nations will agree to international controls on fishing, deep-sea mining, wildlife conservation, and other issues, in order to stanch the rapid degradation of oceans, crucial to reining in global warming.
—Vivienne Walt, Time, 10 June 2025
The proscribing of Marine Le Pen will do little to stanch support for the far right.
—Keith Bradsher Nicholas Casey Adali Schell David Broder, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Congress needs to stanch the bleeding — and give serious thought to overhauling this flawed system for the longer term.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stanch
Verb
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In response to rising unrest, many governments attempt to repress disgruntled groups or appease them through social programs.—
MARK L. HAAS,
Foreign Affairs,
24 July 2025
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For the first time, researchers have identified a protein that represses the activity of energy-burning brown fat.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 June 2025
Verb
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Past research, Jansen notes, has found that cannabis can suppress the immune system through its active compounds: CBD, THC and other minor cannabinoids.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Sandra Lynn Hemme filed the suit Thursday, which accuses investigators of fabricating evidence, coercing a false confession and suppressing evidence that could have proven her innocence.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
Verb
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The monthly number, which represents the percentage of people who are unemployed and looking for work is expected turn back up to 4.2% when the July jobs report is released on Friday, Aug. 1.—
Jim Sergent,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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China is building out clean energy at a blistering pace, as the US takes a chainsaw to its wind and solar sectors and makes a hard turn back toward fossil fuels.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
Verb
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In so doing, the squash foliage serves as a living mulch, preserving soil moisture and squelching weed growth. Herbs.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
10 July 2025
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But nothing squelches internal fighting like a common enemy.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
Verb
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Unless forced by budgetary exigencies, colleges never discontinue programs in order to redirect teaching resources to more productive uses.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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This version of the event was discontinued due to a lack of media coverage and funding issues.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
Verb
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In Georgia, as more than 50 data centers have cropped up around Atlanta and other parts of the state, lawmakers opted to suspend data center subsidies to reassess the industry's impacts, although Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed the measure.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
30 July 2025
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Projects in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Baltimore all appear to have been quietly dropped, and despite an announcement for a Fort Lauderdale tunnel in 2021, the project appears to be suspended.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
Verb
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Age Debt strains an organization’s resources, stifles innovation, and impedes growth.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Seemingly random bureaucratic obstacles impeded Gee’s formal conversion, leading her to feel unwanted by the church and, by extension, God.—
Terry Nguyen
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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“Stanch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanch. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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