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restrain

[ri-streyn] / rɪˈstreɪn /


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The article views the litigation as a test of whether government institutions can still restrain concentrated private power.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

In mice, they found that receptors on cells in the brain's main alert and stress center can act as biological brakes that restrain pain.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

It “signals Treasury’s discomfort with the rise in long-term yields and should help restrain further increases in long-end yields in the near term,” they add.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

“I’m trying to restrain from a forecast of what’s going to happen, as opposed to just reading and reacting,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Sansa always felt safer when Cersei was there to restrain her son.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Policymakers believe an interest rate of 3.75% restrains activity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Ultimately, the goal is growth that is less dependent on leverage combined with regulation that restrains excess without choking activity.

From MarketWatch Apr. 8, 2026

More aggressive fine print restrains other follies like the bond portfolio mismatches that undid California-based Silicon Valley Bank two years ago, says Davide Oneglia, director of European and global macro at TS Lombard.

From Barron's Oct. 25, 2025

The order restrains the defendants from granting access to Treasury Department records containing personally identifiable or confidential information to special government employees, political appointees, and other employees from outside the department.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2025

Kat restrains my hand and stoops over him.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Instead they must be restrained through policies and laws, she said.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

According to a statement read in court, she had to be restrained by other members of staff.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Emily Adel, chief of staff at a publishing company, remembers watching her mom live a limited life, restrained by demands at home, never traveling even during her “best years.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Rubner, meanwhile, took note of the lull in the earnings-report calendar, the typically restrained activity by retail investors during September and the pre-earnings blackout period that will block corporate share buybacks.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

Her muffled and restrained voice remarked plaintively: “You said you were happy just now.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Garces Perez's immigration lawyer, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, has filed a federal lawsuit for a temporary restraining order to prevent his removal from the country.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Federal Court in Washington, D.C. asking for a temporary restraining order that restores their access immediately while the case is heard.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

Because pacing isn’t stopping, or even necessarily slowing but . . . might be restraining?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Chairman Kevin Warsh indicated that officials don’t believe interest rates are currently restraining the economy even after the quarter-point move.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

All Miss Mortimer’s advice to Penelope about restraining her natural boldness was forgotten; in Penelope’s view, this was a true emergency.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood




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