restrain
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Singer Sae Sar -- who performs under a stage name -- said such stresses fuel the appetite for nightlife even as they restrain it, giving Yangon's social scene its contradictory quality.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
That framework has a grim internal logic: when the economy improves, policy must restrain it before workers and businesses get too comfortable.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
In law and social science, we call this impact a chilling effect – the behavioral tendency for people in face of a threat to self-censor and restrain their activities for self-protection.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
He cited a longstanding law that prohibits suits against the government that seek to restrain or block tax collection and assessment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
We can’t restrain him when he’s angry—and he has his hand on the nuclear button’—and Ho Chi Minh himself will be in Paris in two days begging for peace.”
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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