as in to crack down (on)
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Gilbert was badly wounded in the attack and had to be put down.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025 -
This graphic novel is funny, spooky, heartfelt, and tough to put down.—
Caroline Carlson
June 30,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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An appeals court on Thursday slapped down the administration’s attempt to get out of providing more information about its efforts to bring back Abrego Garcia.—
Patrick Reis,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Between pushes, the nurse slips the soaked green sheet out from under me, slaps down a clean one.—
Erica Stern
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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The jail call evidence comes as the defense trains its focus on quashing the prosecution's argument that Lawson is guilty of conspiring to murder Rogers.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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But the protests were reignited in March, when Israel’s parliament passed a law remaking the country’s judiciary in what many see as part of Netanyahu’s plan to quash the convictions against him.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 June 2025
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For Paul, the bout is another step in his attempt to silence the purists and reassert himself as more than a YouTube celebrity with gloves.—
Jad El Reda,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Shiraishi also killed the boyfriend of one victim in order to silence him and evade possible detection by law enforcement.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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Stevens’s reflections on his years of service reveal what’s pulsing beneath his composure: the choice to look away from troubling secrets and repress personal desires.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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They were also celebrated by millions of ordinary Indians who have been repressed by Modi’s Hindu nationalist policies.—
HARTOSH SINGH BAL,
Foreign Affairs,
30 June 2025
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Nimmo’s celebration upon hitting the grand slam was subdued.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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This season blended bold designs, subdued silhouettes and interesting footwear to tell us one thing: menswear is slowly but surely becoming on-par with its female counterpart.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Trump is unsurprisingly attracted to this paradise for the ultra-wealthy, where money is speech, labor is suppressed, dissent is criminalized and a monarch holds all power.—
Sonali Kolhatkar,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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Fed up with the government’s inaction, a group of residents created Polish Smog Alert, an advocacy organization pushing for legislation to suppress the smog.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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