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It may also alter the immune environment around the tumor in a way that helps the immune system attack or restrain the cancer.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Solicitor Gen. D. John Sauer described the new rules as “modest measures that will help prevent and restrain potential gross abuses of the mails to perpetrate a fraud on the Nation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 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 had to restrain Charley because the unseen presence of George was everywhere.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Not only is doing all this good for me physically, but it restrains my out-of-pocket medical costs and makes me better able to play with my grandkids.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

Where other filmmakers would painstakingly elucidate every thematic detail to make their silly popcorn movie “say something,” Mitchell restrains himself.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

TUV leader Jim Allister said he welcomed the ruling as it "restrains" the effect of the Windsor Framework.

From BBC ● May 7, 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

This restrains male aggression and enables humans selectively to control the herd’s procreation.

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

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

The report says that "agents sometimes but rarely restrained their behavior due to ethical constraints".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Lucas could probably fill an entire museum with what he’s stored from his six “Star Wars” features, but he’s restrained himself to one gallery and one theme: vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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

All day he has restrained himself from checking on it.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

In his talk, Warsh said he saw little evidence that borrowing conditions were restraining the economy, and that the summer’s better inflation readings hadn’t convinced him the underlying trend was improving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Here’s how the restraining order process is supposed to work — and the pitfalls that prevent many applications from moving forward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

County Superior Court data found that just 21% of requests for restraining orders are granted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

I was restraining my delight with considerable difficulty.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok