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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stanched
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The rap has certainly stunted the price of the stock.
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Hannah is recovering from a traumatic event at high school that’s stunted her ability to write songs, putting her scholarship at risk.
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But at least three ships exiting the Persian Gulf through that route turned back Thursday.
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Policy was challenged by asylum seekers Thirteen asylum seekers and Al Otro Lado challenged the metering practice in 2017 on behalf of migrants who were turned back to Mexico.
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Oracle Park’s spacious dimensions and San Francisco’s chilly climate have suppressed home runs for more than two decades, but this was a true no-doubt blast that cleared the left-center field fence by plenty of feet.
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Things like trying to disqualify the entire Utah County Attorney's Office, trying to get some of the evidence suppressed, trying to get a contempt order because the prosecutors violated the court's gag order.
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While dealing with the sexist discrimination the regime enforces, Panahi still makes space for lighthearted moments when the women’s joy, even from a distance, can’t be repressed.
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His arrest came during a years-long crackdown on civil society and dissent, which began following mass protests in 2018 that the government violently repressed.
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Mathew Street was indeed close at hand but over the frontier of Liverpool’s dockland, a narrow cobbled lane between towering Victorian warehouses, blocked by heavy trucks and strewn with empty crates, cabbage stalks, and squashed oranges to the peril of Brian’s beautifully polished brogues.
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Duncan approaches Lili, who enthusiastically greets him by telling him she's squashed their daughter's potential problem with the police.
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With five miles of walls and hundreds of cannons guarding the harbor, Suomenlinna squelched the Russian threat (at least for the time being).
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At the same time, org leaders have squelched all internal dissent regarding Israel.
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Weather briefly delayed the gate opening and thunderstorms suspended the match at halftime.
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Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was suspended for four years Monday for refusing an anti-doping test.
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The Fairest of the Fair was a staple of the county fair from 1936 to when the contest was discontinued in 2004.
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The task force was later discontinued without creating the database, due in part to liability concerns.
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“Stanched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanched. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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