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• And that could help keep a lid on rates for some time to come.
  — Matt Phillips, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
• The Ravens should have the secondary to keep a lid on the Chiefs' wide receivers.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 22 Oct. 2020
• And those of us who strive to be kind people keep a lid on it.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023
• The selloff marks one of the worst days of the year for the oil market and could help keep a lid on pump prices.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 30 May 2023
• That could keep a lid on prices — even though the market still has its share of bulls.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 28 June 2021
• Fears of a recession have helped keep a lid on oil prices.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 16 May 2023
• Tuesday’s selloff marks one of the worst days of the year for the oil market and could help keep a lid on pump prices.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 31 May 2023
• The powers that be put in a minority keep a lid on things.
  — Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
• Both trends would keep a lid on the supply of homes and keep prices elevated.
  — Chris Rugaber, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2023
• But models show why the Chinese government still wants to keep a lid on.
  — Bydennis Normile, science.org, 6 Dec. 2022
• The efficiency helps keep a lid on prices (well, at least somewhat).
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 9 Feb. 2022
• New lithium mines are beginning to produce ore, which could keep a lid on prices.
  — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
• Among his descriptions of psychopaths were people who could keep a lid on the worst of their behavior.
  — David Adam, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
• The incidents came as the EU struggles to keep a lid on soaring gas and electricity prices.
  — Lorne Cook and Jan M. Olsen, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2022
• The formal invite came to new coach Michael Crofton back in May, but the girls had to keep a lid on it until everything was finalized.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2021
• That would be a reversal of China’s role this year, when it’s helped keep a lid on global inflation.
  — Enda Curran, Bloomberg.com, 7 Dec. 2022
• Alibaba appears to be trying to keep a lid on discussions of the matter.
  — New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021
• Travelers, truckers and shippers worldwide can thank the U.S. for helping keep a lid on oil and gasoline prices this year.
  — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
• Van-Tam urged people to take up the boosters and laid out his hope that the vaccines will continue to keep a lid on serious disease.
  — Fox News, 30 Nov. 2021
• To keep a lid on warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and prevent a climate disaster, use needs to drop by 55%.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 13 Oct. 2021
• Glover said he has been contacted by many restaurant owners, bartenders, and staff asking why the city was trying to keep a lid on the numbers.
  — Michael Lee, Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2020
• Automakers have also begun to restore some discounts that had long helped keep a lid on prices.
  — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 15 May 2023
• Spotify has managed to keep a lid on whatever sent HiFi so far off course.
  — Chris Welch, The Verge, 22 Feb. 2023
• And finally, central bank interest rate hikes in the West have helped keep a lid on demand for oil and other key commodities, but that’s over now.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
• An ample availability of products, parts, and components help keep a lid on their prices.
  — Christopher Rugaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2023
• But a lot of spare capacity appears to remain, which could potentially keep a lid on prices.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• But some epidemiologists are cautiously optimistic that enough is being done to keep a lid on the virus over the winter.
  — Fox News, 26 Nov. 2021
• But the second deal — one Mr. Biden did not want revealed — was an unwritten agreement that Iran would restrict its nuclear enrichment and keep a lid on the proxy forces.
  — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
• That could help keep a lid on inflationary pressures and convince the Federal Reserve to cut its main interest rate later this year.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
• Moscow has tried for decades to keep a lid on the raging Islamist extremism its years of brutal suppression and poverty have fomented across the North Caucasus.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 June 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024