depress
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Cisco, Jobless Data Depress Stocks U.S. stocks fell as a cautionary revenue view from Cisco Systems and an unexpected rise in weekly jobless claims fueled more concerns about the sustainability of the economic recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 12, 2010
Depress the shank of the hook against the skin in order to disengage the barb.
From Time Magazine Archive
"This man," Blake scrawled across the title page of his copy of Reynolds' printed lectures, the Discourses, "was Hired to Depress Art:--This is the opinion of Will Blake."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Depress your carronades and discharge them," ordered a black-bearded young man in her, in excellent English, as they hooked on.
From Carette of Sark by Oxenham, John
Depress your animal and it ceases to breed; so there are a whole round of animals that do not reproduce in captivity.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert
Vocabulary lists containing depress
Hatchet
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