stifle

"You don't want to stifle innovation," Thune said on Monday, "but I think you also want to make sure that the more advanced threats can be mitigated."

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Efforts to impose state-level regulations have been mixed, with critics echoing Johnson’s fears that they will stifle innovation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

It was when Sanders waved his hand to stifle the reaction to Stevens’ name that I knew where I was—or rather, when.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

By 2000, Congress had eliminated both, citing concerns that the restrictions were complex to administer and could stifle savings or penalize successful investment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

While I thought this was pretty impressive, my friends, some of whom had traveled Europe in a sideshow with Miss Peregrine, could hardly stifle their yawns.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

A powerful military gives the country global influence but stifles its economic and political modernization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

And earlier this year, a jury found that Live Nation was an illegal monopoly, following years of criticism that the company stifles competition and overcharges fans, but analysts say a breakup is unlikely.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Today, Zabtia said, it is no longer censorship that stifles filmmaking in Libya, but an array of other challenges compounded by a lack of public support.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

Gardner turns around to request that Gosling’s character move to another seat off-camera — but before she makes that demand, she stifles a chuckle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

The mousy-haired girl clamps her hand over her mouth and stifles a sob.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

Mater Dei’s run game was shut down, gaining less than 100 yards, and it looked like the Monarchs would be stifled for the entire four quarters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

De Vaan said private messages offer employees a chance to brainstorm freely, which could be stifled with public messages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Shorn of the suspended Ramsey and Davies, Wales were stifled by their canny opponents, who secured a 2-0 win with second-half goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

“My Neighbor Totoro” is a gateway into a pastoral ideal that still exists in living memory, reviving parts of our imagination that maturity has stifled into dormancy.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Sefia stifled a cough and shivered in the fog.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Maybe that can feel stifling for some viewers.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The same thing is happening at Iran’s land borders with Turkey, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, dealing Tehran a self-inflicted blow and stifling trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

When the power cuts out after dark in Vientiane, families wander outside to avoid the stifling heat indoors, using cell phones to light their way.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

And maybe it was the focus-sapping heat, but USC’s defense wasn’t as stifling, not as suffocating it should have been against an opponent as hopelessly overmatched as San José State.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

That had been escape—from the queen and his father and the Chrysopoesium and the stifling box that was his life.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor