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The growing popularity of this countertrend trading strategy has likely helped stifle the index’s directional momentum, according to the UBS team.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Trying to stifle anger over this may be the single most common topic in Christian marital advice content.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

The US is not going to "stifle the growth of something that will be bigger than the industrial revolution," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

While the climate disturbance promotes cyclones in the Pacific, it can stifle them in the North Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Mother can barely stifle a laugh, and I stare straight ahead.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

The biggest reason for this is El Niño, which traditionally stifles activity in the Atlantic but brings a very active season in the eastern North Pacific.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Weintraub stares blankly, Wiatt stifles a yawn, and I can’t get a clear read on Wirtschafter, though he’s not screaming hallelujah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The high pressure also stifles the sea breeze that can bring cooler ocean air onto land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

And earlier this year, a jury found that Live Nation was an illegal monopoly, following years of criticism that the company stifles competition and overcharges fans, but analysts say a breakup is unlikely.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

And then he stifles a sob with the last shot.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

Mater Dei’s run game was shut down, gaining less than 100 yards, and it looked like the Monarchs would be stifled for the entire four quarters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

But some partners felt for years he hoarded resources and stifled plans to grow in other areas, some of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

It is the inverse of China’s “Great Firewall,” a sprawling regulatory and technological system that has stifled foreign competition and restricted the Chinese public’s access to information for more than two decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

“My Neighbor Totoro” is a gateway into a pastoral ideal that still exists in living memory, reviving parts of our imagination that maturity has stifled into dormancy.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

I stifled a laugh, but not very well.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

There were about 40 engagements on this tour - many of them carried out in temperatures of around 35C with stifling humidity.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Google owner Alphabet is a gatekeeper under the DMA, a designation that requires it to take extra steps to ensure it isn’t stifling competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Those hardships are visible after sunset, when electricity fails, disappearing entire neighborhoods into stifling darkness.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Maybe that can feel stifling for some viewers.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

It was stifling, like a blanket, like an anaesthetic.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier