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East Africa wants to curb imports of used clothes.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

France has started imposing fees on fast fashion items which could reach almost €20 per garment by 2030, as the government tries to curb sales of cheap clothing sold by e-commerce sites.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

LONDON—A midnight-black Land Rover Defender P400 recently slid up next to some trash bags in a no-parking zone outside Harrods and nestled against the curb at an angle, its rear protruding into the street.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

But Kosovo's National Institute of Public Health said in April that "urgent measures" were still needed to curb pollution from thermal power plants.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

I hailed a horse-cab and the driver pulled up at the curb.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Phil Kornbluth, founder of Kornbluth Helium Consulting, also noted that balloon makers are usually among the first to suffer from supply curbs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

"It came right to the grass, right up above the curbs and flooded the whole cul de sac really."

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

On Wednesday, a group of 179 startups wrote a letter to the Trump administration urging it to think twice against any outright ban or strict curbs on foreign-made models.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

A seemingly endless network of roads unfurls in a massive grid, generally without sidewalks, curbs or landscaping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

During my high school summers, I cut grass in parks and on the medians of highways, unloaded trucks, and walked beside road-paving equipment with a rake to smooth the hot asphalt along the curbs.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

That’s because the latest inflation reading for July, which saw the consumer price index rise a scant 0.1% for the month, matched Wall Street’s forecast and curbed some inflation anxiety on Wall Street.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

A heat dome early in the month threatened World Cup matches and curbed celebrations of America’s 250th birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Now aged 30, the Olympian has told the BBC how he eventually curbed his habit by shifting his mindset.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Apollo, a Maine coon who died at 13 following a seizure a year after his arrival in 2015, had curbed the shop’s mouse problem and brought “so much love and energy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

I curbed the impulse to sit up straight.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Investors question whether she will commit to curbing spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

New Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has yet to earn the trust of his central-bank colleagues or financial-market participants who remain wary of his approach to curbing inflation and his ties to the White House.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Another friend’s workaround for simultaneously curbing spending and upping her investments: Every time she’s tempted to buy something she doesn’t need, she’ll instead move the equivalent amount of money into her investment account.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Andy Burnham has pledged his government will be "relentless" in curbing the number of people arriving in the UK on small boats.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Use the monopoly of force to promote happiness, by maintaining public order and curbing violence.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond