repress
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They also tend to repress their emotions, which he said has "many negative effects, not only on the mind but also on the body."
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Give in to your feelings and risk your safety; repress your true self and you might survive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Mr. Klosterman views football as a martial game in which organization, rules and technology repress individuality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
It said it will be sanctioning multiple entities, individuals and vessels to “stem the flow of revenue that the regime in Tehran uses to support terrorism abroad and repress its citizens.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
I watched him repress the anger, watched as his eyes grew speculative.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
Certain details of the scene are so grim she represses them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
An excitatory signal encourages communication between brain cells, whereas an inhibitory signal represses it, like the gas and brake pedals in a car.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023
The landlocked country borders China, which human rights groups say represses religious freedom.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2023
It is a totalizing system that represses human agency and offers no escape: We are “like butterflies, pinned live and wriggling onto history’s collage.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
“Let me put it, then, that entomology as a pursuit sternly represses frivolousness.”
From The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy
In the 1980s, Iraq's late ruler Saddam Hussein, who repressed the Shia population, went to war with the Islamic republic.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Culture writer Sarah Carson called the morning travel drink the moment many repressed Brits “are finally free to escape.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Cummings has a wider range to traverse as Arnold, whose repressed rage eventually has to find an outlet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
He is raised to be idle, insular and emotionally repressed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
I cared more that he had helped found the League of Nations, promoting freedom around the world, than the fact that he had repressed freedom at home.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
“We’re not making records that are just going to go sit on the shelf — these are records we’re continually repressing all the time anyway.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
And in January, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin recommended they "consider handling cases from the perspective of repressing human trafficking".
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
This strategy involves the central bank artificially repressing bond yields in the market.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025
They also exaggerate the fear that is already there, especially in characters repressing their inner demons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
The sickness inside him grew, and at once, a whole slew of thoughts he’d been repressing sprang free.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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