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He clamped his bulky hands around Roz’s arms and said, “I have restrained the prisoner.”

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During the Korean War, inflationary pressures were partly restrained through temporary wage and price controls.

Vladimir Putin’s military has long enjoyed a sanctuary in its war on Ukraine, as the West has restrained Kyiv from using donated missiles to strike inside Russia.

Mr Bayoh, who was 31, died after being restrained by six police officers.

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Mr Bayoh, who was 31, was restrained by six police officers after he was allegedly spotted carrying a knife and behaving erratically on a street in Kirkcaldy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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