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kiboshing

present participle of kibosh

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kiboshing
Verb
  • And even if the Senate and House fully fund NOAA, Sokich said the administration could continue holding back the funds.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Honest conversations are also unavoidable, especially for those of you who have been holding back your true feelings.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The strikes on the Poltava region targeted energy infrastructure facilities, cutting off electricity, water and heating to some communities, authorities said.
    Oleksiy Pshemyskiy, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The floods have also left 11 people missing, inundated more than 116,000 houses and 5,000 hectares of crops, and damaged roads and railways, cutting off traffic and power in several areas, the government’s disaster agency said in a report.
    Reuters, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The plan discussed in committee would also create parameters for providers shutting off water service to residents.
    Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • At one point, customers heard a rumor that SDG&E was shutting off electricity to the building — an alarming development that would have left the business’s freezers without power.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But now research suggests normal coffee intake is better for those with AF as opposed to cutting out the drink altogether.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Editing was done by spooling the recording from one reel to another, cutting out the unwanted elements with a razor blade, and cello-taping the remaining tape back together.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Once enough cars have sped over these fissures, chunks begin breaking off to create those infamous potholes that pop tires and ruin shocks.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Weiss made a career for herself as an op-ed staff editor at The New York Times before breaking off from the mainstream publication in 2020 and launching the Free Press.
    Antonio Ferme, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The ingredient works by temporarily blocking nerve signals and causing muscles to relax.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Video shared by police shows a mix of motorcycles, scooters and ATVs blocking an intersection.
    Adam Sabes , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • McKinley County's poor infrastructure reflects its disproportionately high poverty rate — triple the national average — stemming in part from the closings of mines, power plants and oil refineries.
    Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • These cuts mean reducing supply budgets in most departments, delaying the purchase of new math curriculum and Chromebooks, freezing hiring for nonclassroom positions and canceling contract agreements that will not disrupt operations.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In such cases, delaying treatment may worsen the condition.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Kiboshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kiboshing. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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