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or staunch
as in to repress
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Recent Examples of stanch
Photos from the crime scene published by Bild show blood on the tram's floor and tissues used by bystanders attempting to stanch the bleeding.
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Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
To stanch the bleeding, Congress, in 1968, created a form of last-ditch insurance: Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plans.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Others rushed to stanch their coworkers' bleeding.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
While Charter seems to have stanched the bleeding in video, the company lost far more broadband customers than had been anticipated.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 July 2025
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Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
To stanch the bleeding, Congress, in 1968, created a form of last-ditch insurance: Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plans.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Others rushed to stanch their coworkers' bleeding.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
While Charter seems to have stanched the bleeding in video, the company lost far more broadband customers than had been anticipated.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stanch
Verb
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Critics, though, have argued that these efforts are serving to distract from the country’s record of repressing free speech and dissent, as well as human rights violations, which have been widely reported.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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If the past offers any guide, however, Havana will instead continue to rely on its formidable security apparatus to repress is citizens, while privatizing in ways that do not threaten the power and privileges of the elite.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Multiple fire departments worked to suppress the blaze, police said.—
Charles Ventura,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Tigers pitchers, meanwhile, rank 14th in suppressing home runs.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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For the Taliban, the episode possibly carries the lesson that attempting to turn back time on a population that’s grown up with the internet is much harder than just flicking a switch.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Beiersdorf brand Nivea is turning back time in a new partnership with beloved Y2K clothing brand Juicy Couture.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Blacklist happened, livelihoods were ruined, and freedom of thought was squelched for years as Americans were pushed into a corner of fear and anger.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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Whoever came up with the idea to merge a Planet Earth–style doc with the screeching score, squelching sounds, and jump scares of the horror genre, congratulations.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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The sessions will take place as the IDFA Forum discontinues the conventional post-pitch feedback format.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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Fans have reported across social media that the wholesale retailer has a new cake that is not unlike a fan-favorite dessert discontinued five years ago.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Pay has been suspended for roughly 2 million federal workers, with nearly 750,000 ordered not to report to work.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Already been suspended after five yellows in six appearances.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The scandal has already impeded the effort to hold Israel accountable for the death toll in Gaza; the woman fears that anger at Israel might now lead members of the assembly to discount her story and, instead, side with Khan.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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However, 76ers guard Kennedy Chandler impeded his path, and Hart hit the hardwood in clear pain.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Stanch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanch. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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