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When the Federal Reserve tried to squelch the rise of the stock market in early 1929, Mitchell announced that National City would instead lend money to support the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

In fact, both Black activists and congressional champions of Reconstruction understood that race still mattered, and that made it critical to give Congress broad powers to squelch efforts to suppress or cancel out Black votes.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025

The policy “represents one of the most caustic, corrosive and chilling efforts to squelch the voice of this commission, the office of inspector general and the Sybil Brand Commission,” Johnson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

The case is a headache that CEO Shari Redstone does not need as she pursues a high-stakes sale of the company, a deal the FCC itself could squelch.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2025

He pulled his right foot out of the mud with a squelch and swung it over his Nimbus Two Thousand.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

What crushes confidence is uncertainty that squelches investment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

But for the most part, this being a show about the possibilities of even the most minimal stage, a minimal stage makes an apt enough setting, and the style enhances more than it squelches.

From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2022

Antiretroviral treatment squelches HIV reproduction but sensitive tests show that even with the most effective treatments, small populations of white blood cells studded with the CD4 receptor harbor HIV’s DNA in a latent state.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 3, 2022

Not only does the cutoff block out external voices, he said, it also squelches “the internal voice of the population that wanted to speak out.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2021

“I guess the return of the jewels squelches the Macdougal theory,” he remarked.

From The Black Box by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

From the opening minute, Belgium absolutely dominated the Americans and squelched every shred of optimism the U.S. had generated among fans about their promising start to the tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

So far, the higher rates have softened but not squelched buyer demand in the spring home-buying season, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

Had there been better information, a more bounded threat, the arms race of the missile age might have been squelched before it took off.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026

Everything about this strange arrangement has worked, every fear has been squelched, all awkwardness has disappeared, and the Lakers have been left with a happily productive father and a gratefully improving son.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2025

My socks squelched, my shorts were turning slimy green, and I didn’t even want to think about what my Chucks looked like.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

To her, the shift in messaging, and the squelching of this routine announcement, is alarming.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025

A federal appeals court largely sided with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office on many of the allegations, squelching much of the lawsuit over the deputies’ use of force.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

His bike sliding and squelching through the mud, he reaches the bottom and jumps off, shouldering the frame.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024

“I’m driving a 300-mile loop today,” she says, squelching tears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

That’s a great feeling, squelching, like in mud.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson