silencing

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"This constitutes a new and flagrant violation of all international laws and norms, and reflects a continued systematic policy of targeting journalists and silencing the voice of truth," it added.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

On this night, the mercenaries prevailed, in a pummeling so relentless and a silencing so rapid that a three-peat appeared all but inevitable: Dodgers 14, Blue Jays 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

No amount of pressure, cyberbullying or arrest warrants has so far succeeded in silencing one of Pakistan's most prominent dissidents, the human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

They also criticized President Robbins statement against the massacre as part of “institutional patterns of silencing and intimidation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The landline phone rang, finally silencing the chatter in my brain.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas