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As Ajoy and Onishi explained, they instead squelch their doubts and fall in line.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

When the economy is overheating, bond yields will rise, which will slow the economy and squelch the threat of higher inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

In fact, both Black activists and congressional champions of Reconstruction understood that race still mattered, and that made it critical to give Congress broad powers to squelch efforts to suppress or cancel out Black votes.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025

Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google acted illegally to squelch competition in its online search business.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024

I see now that I was being “optoomuchstic” in thinking I could squelch your natural curiosity and powers of deduction.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

What crushes confidence is uncertainty that squelches investment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Antiretroviral treatment squelches HIV reproduction but sensitive tests show that even with the most effective treatments, small populations of white blood cells studded with the CD4 receptor harbor HIV’s DNA in a latent state.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 3, 2022

“To end any of that suspicion, if you have the means to do so, it squelches a lot of that if you get someone who comes in and has an opposing view.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2019

The American Civil Liberties Union, which represented the company and published the request Tuesday, says the case shows authorities demand more customer information than is authorized by law and unconstitutionally squelches public objections.

From US News ● Oct. 4, 2016

"If he tries to, and if it isn't what pleases other people, the Parliament or something squelches him."

From The Story Girl by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Touring the Marylander Condominiums in Prince George’s County, Md., I noticed how the ground squelched under my shoes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

So far, the higher rates have softened but not squelched buyer demand in the spring home-buying season, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

Had there been better information, a more bounded threat, the arms race of the missile age might have been squelched before it took off.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026

Danger hangs in the air like the clouds over the fields where Sammie works barefoot, mud squelched between his toes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

The ground squelched under Fist’s heavy feet, and his footprints filled with sludge.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

The spikier “Tongue” is the other rocker, whose arrangement is a blend of syncopated drum breaks, squelching keyboards and drones built on feedback and distortion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

When it comes to the body horror aspect of it all, “The Substance” delivers on all fronts, from its heightened satire, squelching and crackling sound effects, and revved-up visuals.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2024

A federal appeals court largely sided with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office on many of the allegations, squelching much of the lawsuit over the deputies’ use of force.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

His bike sliding and squelching through the mud, he reaches the bottom and jumps off, shouldering the frame.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024

Rain had softened the road, liquid mud came squelching up between my toes as I walked.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya