clamps

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In Europe, Slovakia’s government on Wednesday allowed service stations to limit diesel sales, and set higher prices for cars with foreign plates as it clamps down on fuel tourism and hoarding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Lai, who turns 78 next Monday, has been behind bars since late 2020 as China clamps down on the financial hub to which it promised a separate system when Britain handed it over in 1997.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

"We discovered one of those clamps and how it times the ability of these cells to repair."

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

Moore’s Refinishing is packed to the brim with mid-century furniture, pipe clamps and drawers of miscellaneous tools.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

She opens the box and stuffs in any stray unmanageable feelings, any wayward sadness or regret, and clamps it shut.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline