as in to crack down (on)
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Teddy, who unfortunately had to be put down last week for a terminal illness, would accompany Mehlberg on her trips every day, while Dodge would come less often given his age.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
15 Mar. 2025 -
The company, amid Wall Street concerns about cash flow this quarter, has been offering a variety of incentives to juice sales, including 0% financing deals (as long as buyers put down a large down payment).—
Nathan Bomey,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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During an hourlong Oval Office appearance, Trump appeared to slap down, contradict or complicate each of Netanyahu’s policy prerogatives.—
Time,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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The politics of the remote voting proposal shifted dramatically Thursday when Trump effectively sided with Luna and slapped down Johnson.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Sheriffs from across the state urged the Senate to quash a bill that would prohibit state and local law enforcement from entering into agreements with ICE.—
Hannah Gaskill,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Mar. 2025
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That means restricting civil liberties, quashing dissent and undermining the rule of law.—
Jennifer Victor,
The Conversation,
26 Mar. 2025
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But he wasn’t deterred by the crown’s agenda to silence all critics.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Apr. 2025
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For the past year and a half, our Arab, Palestinian, and Muslim community at Microsoft has been silenced, intimidated, harassed, and doxxed, with impunity from Microsoft.—
Jordan Novet,Hayden Field,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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Neither film mentions the pandemic, but both show how a circle of moneyed, urban sophisticates represses feelings about death and anxiety.—
Armond White,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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The woman has almost completely repressed them, revisiting them only at the very end of her life.—
Ian Johnson,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2025
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Subdued volatility Unlike traditional assets, bitcoin’s pops and drops were relatively subdued this week, which some investors took as a mark of its maturity.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
12 Apr. 2025
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Up until last week, the president had been more subdued in his criticism of the central bank than in his first term.—
Colby Smith,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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To tell the Blue Devils, basically, not to suppress their emotions.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Older, post-menopausal women are especially susceptible, since lower estrogen levels can lead to decreased levels of beneficial bacteria that suppress infection-causing bacteria.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
25 Mar. 2025
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