scorching
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Government sources have been scotching the suggestion that a formal review of the policy is under way.
From BBC • May 6, 2025
But on Tuesday, as government bond yields climbed again, Mr. Bailey underscored that the bond-buying program would end on Friday, as scheduled, scotching any hopes it would be extended.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022
Avenatti said the Daniels case has taken over his life, scotching work-life balance and his exercise regime.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2018
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, also at the U.N., came up with another reason for scotching the deal.
From Slate • Sep. 22, 2017
André Duchemin was the name inscribed in the credentials furnished him in recognition of signal assistance rendered the British Secret Service in its task of scotching the Prussian spy system.
From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph
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