clamp
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For this study, the Yale team successfully used a dual patch clamp technique on fully intact mouse retinas.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
He has previously spoken out against measures to clamp down on illegal migration, and called the US administration's treatment of immigrants "inhuman".
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
That clamp down targeted narratives that suggested studying and hard work were "useless", as well as content that promoted "world-weariness".
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
But the spontaneity that charmed tourists and supported street vendors in Vietnam's capital has subsided in recent months as authorities clamp down on illegal use of footpaths.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
He shows me how to clamp the handle so the end of it opens.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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In the following months he bought accessories such as awning screw-in pegs for £15.98 and wheel clamps and keys for £119.98.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
They put the clamps on during the second half, when they held the Lakers to 37 points.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
As the government clamps down on overseas workers, migrants spoke to AFP about working in the shadows.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
Dekoda clamps to the side of a toilet bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
The parasite clamps onto the intestines and siphons nutrients from the body.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Thai and British authorities have clamped down on postal deliveries, though.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
It drives me absolutely bonkers that the industry hasn’t clamped down on it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
China, which supplies 10% of the world’s fertilizer exports, clamped down on its exports in February and tightened them further in April, contributing to the rising costs.
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
Builders’ underperformance has come as high housing costs have squeezed would-be buyers out of the market—and clamped down on many builders’ profit margins as some companies have offered incentives and cut prices to move homes.
From Barron's ● Dec. 8, 2025
Mother was sitting with her arms folded, one hand across her chest, the other clamped over her mouth.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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The PM has to walk a very fine line between clamping down on them and selling the UK as a good place for them to be.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Then I found the stage and I found my voice and instead of clamping it down, I could let it out, whatever it was, wherever it came from.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Instead, the father expressed outrage at the hospital for not delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
To test whether these filopodia function as silent synapses, the researchers used a modified patch clamping technique.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
A sorrow as black as the night outside invades me, and I feel my throat clamping.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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