kibosh
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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
On the third day, Al Ulbrickson put the kibosh on their swimming.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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