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quash

[kwosh] / kwɒʃ /




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Trend-following funds thrived in 2022, when both stocks and bonds struggled as the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates to quash rapid inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

A court hearing on Thursday afternoon will be part of Mountbatten-Windsor's bid to quash the warrants.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

It was a deceptively idyllic setting for what authorities say is continued lawbreaking and peril, which authorities just can’t seem to quash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

On Wednesday, Patterson's lawyers urged the judges to quash her conviction.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

I grit my teeth and quash an impulse to throw a trowel at it.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

This quashes the convictions of sub-postmasters convicted in the Horizon scandal in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

The Big Apple quashes them quickly in “I Mean Business,” the show’s efficient opener.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022

“It gives me peace of mind, and it kind of quashes any buzz that may be going around.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2020

If there was any lingering doubt that Brutalism — the architectural style derided for everything the name implies — was back in fashion, the “Atlas of Brutalist Architecture” quashes it with a monumental thump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2019

Outside old Mrs. Picture's door comes a moment of irresolution, but she quashes it and goes on.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

Separately, the same court quashed the conviction of Christian Bittar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Clare buttonholed Archer and, according to his own account, the would-be candidate burst into tears and asked that the story be quashed.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Senior judges quashed the guilty verdict and gave the prosecution two weeks to decide if it is to seek any retrial.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The issue was revived in August when the High Court quashed the commission's latest restriction because of procedural failings, without ruling that the Order had a right to march along Garvaghy Road.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Min quashed that hope with his next words.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

Baroness Casey said, one year on, the government had made "huge progress in many areas" but on the issue of quashing the convictions of child sexual exploitation victims, "they haven't gone far enough, quickly enough".

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

A federal judge denied the Department of Justice’s motion to vacate an order quashing subpoenas, citing harassment of former Fed chair Jerome Powell.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Most important, she outmaneuvered the Texas judge by quashing the subpoena itself, finding that it was an illegitimate and unconstitutional invasion of privacy.

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

For decades, corporate executives have been quashing workers’ efforts to gain a fair reward for their labor.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

Whether the "quashing of proceedings" by the inopportune appearance of the servant was agreeable to either party, I leave to wiser heads than mine to determine.

From An Old Sailor's Yarns by N. (Nathaniel) Ames


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