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Though the Supreme Court has upheld limits on the size of contributions, government doesn’t have carte blanche to stifle political donations.

I imagined years of stifled conflict before my three children all graduated from high school.

Critics say that these rules stifle freedom of expression and civil activism.

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Bolivia has the world’s largest lithium deposits, which have been left untapped because of tight state control that has stifled investments.

The current view in Washington is that under Biden, regulators stifled innovation and growth, drove an exciting new industry abroad and deprived ordinary Americans of new ways to build wealth.

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

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