restraint
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Reports cite a range of complicated factors for the restraint, from apathy to technology-induced incapacity.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Central Command spokesperson Capt Tim Hawkins said the US military "continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
“U.S. Central Command continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire,” said Col.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
When I listen to songs like “It Never Entered My Mind” or “Flamenco Sketches,” there’s mystery, romance, restraint and tension in every note.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
“Sirs, while I would liefer commend the nobility of restraint, here must I endorse rather the vigor of lively opposition, lest, peradventure, we find that inaction is in itself the occasion of profligacy.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing restraint
Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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Excerpts from "Jacobson v. Massachusetts"
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Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 4
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