refrain
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The company also committed to refrain from any communication casting doubt about Fluad’s performance until 2030, it added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Now, don’t get me wrong: The movie isn’t exactly garnering Oscar buzz, or even eliciting the fervent “you’ve got to see this!” refrain that followed 2014’s “Gone Girl” around.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Its personal conduct policy states that “everyone who is a part of the league” must refrain from behavior detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in the NFL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The mood was also helped by G7 leaders' decision to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil from their reserves over four months and to "refrain from export restrictions on energy".
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
They were approaching cautiously now, almost sidling, to refrain from setting off the thoroughly irrational robot.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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It features — without a doubt — one of the best bridges and refrains of the year, and perhaps onward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
There is something genuinely quite heartbreaking about watching Panettiere, a young woman just coming to understand Hollywood industry standards, repeat the sickly refrains of a similarly demanding profession.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
“This proposal is decidedly neutral and refrains from saying that any asset class is any better or worse than other investment types.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
“This proposal is decidedly neutral and refrains from saying that any asset class is any better or worse than other investment types, as the law requires,” said U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 30, 2026
On the refrains her voice spun, twinning and mixing with my own.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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He refrained from commenting on the exchange except to back teammate Zach LaVine, whose personality also was criticized by the reporters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
While the band refrained from directly addressing their past on stage, the emotional weight of their history peaked during the finale Still Life.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The euro fell against the dollar after the ECB left interest rates unchanged, as expected, but refrained from any hints about further rate rises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Laura Ingraham and Jesse Watters chose not to preview or promote the speech in the two prime hours leading up to it, and Ingraham refrained from mentioning it on her Friday, Monday and Tuesday broadcasts.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
I was a little glad that he had called us boys and refrained from the word “devil.”
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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The “U.S. paused daily strikes on Iran for a 3rd consecutive night and Iran continued to signal it was refraining from any retaliatory attacks,” CBA’s John Oh says in a research report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Bank of Japan earlier this week held its short-term policy rate steady, with BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda refraining from providing a clear signal on the timing of the next rate move.
From MarketWatch ● May 2, 2026
But the 70-year-old pontiff has been cautious in his statements since the US-Israeli strikes on Iran that started the war on February 28, refraining from naming any party in his condemnations and appeals for peace.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
"The parties must take urgent measures to protect civilians, including by refraining from the military use of civilian objects."
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
This morning Wargrave had sat huddled in his chair on the terrace refraining from any overt activity.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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