clamp down

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Recent Examples on the Web After the housing meltdown, regulators clamped down on vendors who provided builders’ construction loans. Jeff Lazerson, Orange County Register, 18 July 2024 Meanwhile, one of the biggest mistakes the government made three years ago was to clamp down on leading technology companies such as Alibaba and Tencent. Nick Sargen, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 OpenAI will likely want to clamp down on this potential as much as possible for now, and rights-holders are also probably watching. Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024 Republican lawmakers, meanwhile, have said Mr. Biden took too long to use his presidential powers to clamp down on border crossings. Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for clamp down 

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“Clamp down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamp%20down. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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