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repress

[ri-pres] / rɪˈprɛs /


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When very hot, the number-one recommendation is to say indoors “which if you experience homelessness is not an option,” Repress said.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

Repress those feelings of self-pity, lift up your head, get your eyes on something else, begin making some new plans.

From Heart Talks by Naylor, Charles Wesley

The Muse's friend, tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapors which the head invade, And keep the palace of the soul serene, Tit on her birthday to salute the Queen.

From The Little Tea Book by Hood, George Washington

"The Muses' friend, tea, does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade."

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 by Various

Oh, you whose nature is so formed Each thought refined to know, Repress the word, the glance, that wakes That trembling nerve to woe!

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various




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