stanch

variants or staunch

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Recent Examples of stanch The site tried to stanch the decline with more ads, only to create a worse user experience. Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025 Two tourniquets had to be applied to stanch the bleeding, and he was airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where surgeons performed emergency surgery to save his leg. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025 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. Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025 Others rushed to stanch their coworkers' bleeding. Davis Winkie, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stanch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stanch
Verb
  • Perceptive politicians understand that a rising opposition force that aims to replace the entire system has to be co-opted, not simply repressed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This week is pushing you to speak up and stop repressing your truth.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The weight-loss drugs known as glucagon-like peptide-1 drugs, or GLP-1s, suppress the appetite of users, leading to weight loss.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The experimental once-weekly drug, eloralintide, belongs to the class of drugs that mimic the pancreatic hormone amylin which slows digestion and suppresses hunger.
    Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • There’s turning back up until the deed is done.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • When Genevieve’s physics experiment at the 1934 Chicago World’s Fair goes explosively wrong, Ash jumps in to save the day, turning back time by a few minutes to prevent disaster.
    Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • But Gustavsson made a pad save to squelch the scoring opportunity.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Then, civic leaders and voters can openly debate the wisdom of squelching free speech and unfettered human inquiry.
    James Druckman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Several months ago, multiple reports suggested that Samsung, like Apple, was planning to discontinue the Plus variant due to its poor sales record and limit the next Unpacked event to the base, Ultra, and Edge models.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Brown-Forman acquired the brand in 1936 from Selected Kentucky Distillers and discontinued it in 1968.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • His adventurous playmaking often fell flat and his needless yellow card for a late challenge on Florentino Luis means he is suspended for their next match, away to Bournemouth on the other side of the November international window.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • But that dynamic heated to a boiling point when ABC suspended the program in September, following Kimmel's brief remarks regarding the MAGA response to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Yet the current administration’s dismissive stance toward mRNA science, particularly COVID vaccines, could impede that effort.
    Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 8 Nov. 2025
  • New data shows Loop vacancies ballooned over the recent third quarter as post-pandemic work trends continue to impact and impede demand.
    Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025

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“Stanch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanch. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.

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