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kibosh

[kahy-bosh, ki-bosh] / ˈkaɪ bɒʃ, kɪˈbɒʃ /


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Remarriage will put the kibosh in your ability to claim spousal benefits on your first spouse’s record.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Various delays intervened, but the work was finally scheduled to have its debut last month, until Mr. Glass’s maneuver put the kibosh on things.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

“If the rainfall amounts work out as we’re expecting, this would be a great help to really put a kibosh, so to speak, on the fire season,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2025

But whether a listener calls for a boycott of Harbour’s projects or a kibosh on Allen’s music, they’re playing into Allen’s hand.

From Salon Oct. 29, 2025

And when he put the kibosh on the whole thing, we were the ones who got yelled at, not Caroline.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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