curtailed
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Investors have been expressing concerns that generational highs in longer-term interest rates and sky-high prices at the pump have curtailed companies’ and consumers’ appetite for taking on new debt, which means less business for banks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
Maybe his conning can be curtailed someday, but the thought there’d ever be enough distracting chaos for a similarly lengthy follow-up is almost too much to bear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
A Houthi missile targeted an area north of Riyadh and a developing storm has also curtailed some U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Jaissle refused to give up, and "kept the dream for a lot longer than the doctors did", but the setback ultimately curtailed his career and he retired a few years later in 2014.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
From that moment on, Farmer curtailed his travel within the country.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
