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or staunch
as in to repress
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Get Citation Request Reprint Permissions When Andrés Manuel López Obrador takes office as Mexico’s president in December, his biggest challenge will be to stanch the escalating problem of criminal violence.
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Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2018
An $11 billion merger in 2005 with another fading retail brand, Sears, led by hedge fund manager Eddie Lampert failed to stanch the bleeding.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024
Protesters have since unleashed a flood of criticism of the king that was unthinkable just months earlier and that authorities have been unable to stanch.
—Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
Internally, leaders are scrambling to stanch the bleeding.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
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Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2018
An $11 billion merger in 2005 with another fading retail brand, Sears, led by hedge fund manager Eddie Lampert failed to stanch the bleeding.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024
Protesters have since unleashed a flood of criticism of the king that was unthinkable just months earlier and that authorities have been unable to stanch.
—Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
Internally, leaders are scrambling to stanch the bleeding.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
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Otherwise, all the factions would kill each other and the Sunnis would repress everyone else.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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He was also tasked with organizing anti-West demonstrations and repressing all government dissent from 2019 onwards.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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His beautiful, distant mother, played by the French-Argentinean actress Bérénice Bejo, treats these outbursts as insurrections to be suppressed.Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Harry is doing his best to keep Dexter from killing people, though Dex acknowledges that slicing into cadavers and taking hunting trips aren’t really cutting it in terms of suppressing his urges.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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Kobayashi’s phone’s was last turned on at LAX on Nov. 11 at 4 p.m. and hasn’t been turned back on since.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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In White House comments, President Joe Biden said the deal would allow his Middle East team to turn back to securing an elusive ceasefire deal in Gaza.Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
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The low, squelching funk of the beat and Richman’s high falsetto were tuned to such a uniquely perfect frequency that everyone was happy to hear them, again and again, and again.Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Success on the track can squelch hate derived from sexism and Breidinger has the ability and the opportunity to silence the haters.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Another half say that discontinuing Graham's column would be addition by subtraction, as Graham's views are a narrow representation of Christianity and out of touch with Central Indiana's larger faith scene.Eric Larsen, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2024
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The weather improved so much on Wednesday that meteorologists discontinued all red flag warnings, which indicate high fire danger, and crews were able to successfully push back against the flames.Bradford Betz, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
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If Yoon is impeached, his powers would be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office.Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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The court suspended Hill’s law license for a month.Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
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Sauer had argued that the continuation of the case, which is currently on appeal, will impede the Republican from carrying out his presidential duties.Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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Old equipment and years of mergers and acquisitions are likely impeding the ability of telecommunications providers to toss Beijing out of their networks.Sam Sabin, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Stanch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanch. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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