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“They have to repress themselves. So they want others to be repressed as well. ‘How dare you live outside of this box and have freedom of choice and a comfortable, fun, beautiful life?”

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

The character tends to repress her feelings, and her initial reaction to John’s death is stoic and reserved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 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

As we will shortly see, we Sapiens have good reasons to repress the memory of our siblings.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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

If play is a natural expression of the child’s mind and body, anything that represses play is a hindrance to development.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Charles Herbert Sylvester

“They have to repress themselves. So they want others to be repressed as well. ‘How dare you live outside of this box and have freedom of choice and a comfortable, fun, beautiful life?”

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

It has also sent Daphne into her memories, some of them long repressed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

“It was more that something must have just drifted into my head thinking, ‘You take two men repressed in their current life, repressed in the modern world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

Gadd explains he thought it was interesting to show the two repressed men living in Glasgow, a city that has gone through so much change.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

My lips trembled but I repressed my tears.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

“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

"By removing them and repressing their return, we're threatening our own future survival," he said.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

This strategy involves the central bank artificially repressing bond yields in the market.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

Burkina Faso's military government, which emerged from a September 2022 coup led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, has regularly been accused of repressing figures the junta considers hostile.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

Or was it also about self- control, staying on top of your feelings, repressing those that got in the way of an emotionally difficult job?

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover