clamps

Example Sentences

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They put the clamps on during the second half, when they held the Lakers to 37 points.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

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

And then there's old-style physical devices - steering wheel locks or even wheel clamps.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 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

But the way she holds her mouth too open and her shoulders uneven and one hand clamps down the other...people know.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko