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Kieran Tierney is a terrific footballer but injuries curtail his influence.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Johnson said the bill was meant to curtail malicious records requests, which do happen, where a citizen goes after copious amounts of records just to be a jerk and cost the government time and money.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

But the reopening of the strait would ease storage constraints in the Persian Gulf that had forced countries in the region to curtail production.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

Even when pressed on the potential impact of a "quagmire" scenario in the Gulf that would curtail oil and jet fuel exports for several more months, executives did not appear overly alarmed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

It will broaden his experience in some ways, but it will also curtail his contact with clients.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

The president signed an executive order on Friday that further curtails Havana’s access to the global banking system.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

This hits the economy in two ways: boosting inflation and dampening disposable income which curtails growth.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

A measure that curtails those services would be disruptive, some investors said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

Moreover, the huge loss in revenue limits the federal government’s capacity to carry out key work and curtails investments in lifesaving programs.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2024

The eighteenth expands or curtails this, but originates nothing.

From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)

It severely curtailed the ability of a president to quickly remove Federal Reserve officials, and thereby exert its influence over monetary policy, and reinforced the deference due to the independence of the central bank.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Do that enough, and climate change could be curtailed without upending the world as we know it.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

Ships coming out of the Strait of Hormuz can take weeks or months to reach their destinations, particularly in Asia, where demand has been curtailed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

The smoke has meant fewer clients and curtailed shop hours; she closed completely on two days, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

After the disastrous 1957 spraying the program was abruptly and drastically curtailed, with vague statements about “evaluating” previous work and testing alternative insecticides.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

MLS’s developmental programs are too restrictive and exclusive — they’re not developing more soccer players, they’re curtailing who can play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

One cloud on the horizon is the possible impact of rising fuel costs, which could end up curtailing Europeans' foreign travel.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

That trade involved a shift out of currencies and into gold, silver and bitcoin on worries that governments are spending more and not curtailing debt.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

U.S. producers are curtailing output due to infrastructure limits, with new pipelines expected to alleviate the issue in 2027 and 2028.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Poor child, she was bewildered by the many injunctions we laid upon her, and the curtailing of her freedom tried her sorely, though not a word of complaint came from her.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya