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or staunch
as in to repress
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Recent Examples of stanch
Congress needs to stanch the bleeding — and give serious thought to overhauling this flawed system for the longer term.
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
Trump on Saturday ordered 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China, saying Beijing needed to stanch the flow of fentanyl, a deadly opioid, into the United States.
—Kevin Krolicki and Qiaoyi Li, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
So something eventually has to give: Either prices come down in some fashion or Silverstein could resort to leasing the condo units to stanch the bleeding, at least until the market shifts in its favor.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 11 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration, Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency have moved in recent weeks to stanch the flow of foreign aid, dismantle the agency responsible for administering it and dismiss thousands of people working for the agency at home and abroad.
—Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 13 Feb. 2025
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
Trump on Saturday ordered 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China, saying Beijing needed to stanch the flow of fentanyl, a deadly opioid, into the United States.
—Kevin Krolicki and Qiaoyi Li, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
So something eventually has to give: Either prices come down in some fashion or Silverstein could resort to leasing the condo units to stanch the bleeding, at least until the market shifts in its favor.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 11 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration, Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency have moved in recent weeks to stanch the flow of foreign aid, dismantle the agency responsible for administering it and dismiss thousands of people working for the agency at home and abroad.
—Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stanch
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President Xi and the Chinese government brutally repress free expression and commit countless human rights violations.—
Jovante Teague,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2025
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Trump is openly envious of oil-rich Gulf States and the leaders who luxuriate in opulent grandeur, while free to repress anyone in their countries who complains about all that.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
16 May 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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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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When one fan stood on the other side of the table, awkwardly hoping to get Cyrus’ attention, the Grammy winner briefly smiled for the photo with the fan and then turned back to Campbell to continue their conversation, prompting the fan to quietly walk away.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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On Sunday, two supertankers—each carrying up to 2 million barrels—turned back in the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites raised fears of commercial shipping being targeted, Bloomberg reported.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Many legal scholars say the current battle over Los Angeles is a test case for powers the White House has long hoped to wield — not just squelching protest or big-footing blue state leaders, but stretching presidential authority to its legal limit.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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The fact that the earnings were part of a Kickstarter campaign and never released didn't squelch the rumors.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Ford discontinued the Timberline after the 2024 model year.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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Rates of patients who discontinued the drug due to side effects were high, ranging from 10% to 29% within different groups that took it.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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Reyes was then suspended for the entirety of the 2020 season for the use of a Performance Enhancing Drug.—
Noah Camras,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Worldwide impact Trump’s Jan. 20 order to immediately suspend refugee admissions stranded more than 10,000 people that completed the lengthy process to acquire refugee status and had scheduled flights to the U.S.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2025
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The indictment, announced earlier this month, accuses McIver of three counts: two felonies for assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers—each carrying up to eight years in prison—and a misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of one year.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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This month she was indicted on three counts of assaulting, resisting, impeding and interfering with federal officials.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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“Stanch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanch. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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