refrain
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The Danish Environmental Protection Agency said that while it understood "the considerable public interest in this particular whale," it stressed that people should keep a safe distance and refrain from approaching the whale.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
Labour governments come around rarely is the constant refrain at the moment.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Several peptide users described “doing their own research”—a common refrain in the era of D.I.Y. health, referring to scouring the internet and social media for information—to find peptides.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Feldman said he regularly hears the refrain from visitors, “When the world is crazy, I just want to escape. I want to come to you and escape.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
He then could not refrain from revealing how one of Cambridge’s great men had on occasion also forgotten his chemistry.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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