variants
or staunching
as in repressing
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This is welcome news for a system plagued by various exogenous shocks — including COVID and related frothy valuations, high interest rates and the 2022 market correction, the US electoral cycle, and tariff uncertainty — that have resulted in wide bid-ask spreads repressing deal activity.—
Control Risks,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025 -
Hamas’s response fluctuated between allowing discontent and repressing the demonstrations.—
Leila Seurat,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 2025
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By solving MXene’s stability problem and suppressing chloride corrosion, the research delivers a material that balances conductivity, durability, and performance.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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The focus of the nearly year-long legal battle has been 23XI and Front Row accusing NASCAR and CEO Jim France of suppressing the competition, and NASCAR countersued in March.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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With some of these storm-squashing factors set to lift in the next few weeks, as well as the usual swivel from storms spawning in the Atlantic to the much-closer Caribbean, some meteorologists worry that the worst is yet to come.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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But don’t just stand there and dither until the world gets around to squashing you like a bug.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Former President Biden took great pains to try and forgive student loans for college students, even though the cost to future taxpayers would be enormous and economically stunting.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
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This is affecting business cash flow and stunting inclusive economic growth.—
Nancy Doyle,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The back caught just two of his six targets, earned Nix’s slight ire after not turning back for the ball on a third down, and was relegated mostly to the bench in the second half.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
8 Sep. 2025
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And, George, turning back to Chicago.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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In between times, there are long shots of the gingko, tree’s-eye views of what is happening on the ground and squelching closeups of germinating seeds – luscious and inescapably sensual.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Wiley and her group trudged through the murky water in the morning, feet squelching in the muck.—
Jack Prator,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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Pausing or suspending your inclusion work will cost you in the long-term.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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For breakfast and lunch, there’s Gulf shrimp in a moat of creamy grits and massive triangles of quiche suspending earthy layers of collard greens.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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The sport of canyoneering involves rappelling, down-climbing, wading, and stemming, or stretching your arms and legs across the narrowest section of a canyon and using pressure to slowly progress.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 2025
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Wilcox’s defenses have multiple fronts using four and three down linemen, stemming on the same play and disguised coverages.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Stanching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanching. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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