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They also tend to repress their emotions, which he said has "many negative effects, not only on the mind but also on the body."

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

The character tends to repress her feelings, and her initial reaction to John’s death is stoic and reserved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Mr. Klosterman views football as a martial game in which organization, rules and technology repress individuality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

It said it will be sanctioning multiple entities, individuals and vessels to “stem the flow of revenue that the regime in Tehran uses to support terrorism abroad and repress its citizens.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026

Dudley gently released himself from his mother’s clutches and walked toward Harry, who had to repress an urge to threaten him with magic.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Certain details of the scene are so grim she represses them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

An excitatory signal encourages communication between brain cells, whereas an inhibitory signal represses it, like the gas and brake pedals in a car.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023

The landlocked country borders China, which human rights groups say represses religious freedom.

From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2023

Film critic Robin Wood famously argued that "the true subject of the horror genre is the struggle for recognition of all that our civilization represses and oppresses."

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023

For the Holy Ghost does not permit sin to have dominion, to gain the upper hand, so as to be accomplished, but represses and restrains it so that it must not do what it wishes.

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente

“They have to repress themselves. So they want others to be repressed as well. ‘How dare you live outside of this box and have freedom of choice and a comfortable, fun, beautiful life?”

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

In the 1980s, Iraq's late ruler Saddam Hussein, who repressed the Shia population, went to war with the Islamic republic.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Culture writer Sarah Carson called the morning travel drink the moment many repressed Brits “are finally free to escape.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“It was more that something must have just drifted into my head thinking, ‘You take two men repressed in their current life, repressed in the modern world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

When she walked, her long rosary clicked with a most repressed, arrhythmic music.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

“We’re not making records that are just going to go sit on the shelf — these are records we’re continually repressing all the time anyway.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

These forces effectively run much of the economy and maintain internal order, repressing internal dissent and opposition.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

This strategy involves the central bank artificially repressing bond yields in the market.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

Beijing has been accused for years of repressing the Muslim Uyghur minority in the province, which borders Kazakhstan.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

“I’ve always been very good at repressing unpleasant things.”

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer