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They also tend to repress their emotions, which he said has "many negative effects, not only on the mind but also on the body."

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

In response, governments have resorted to interventions to repress demand, such as rationing, issuing Covid-era like directives to work from home, and giving some domestic consumers priority over others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

The character tends to repress her feelings, and her initial reaction to John’s death is stoic and reserved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

It said it will be sanctioning multiple entities, individuals and vessels to “stem the flow of revenue that the regime in Tehran uses to support terrorism abroad and repress its citizens.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026

Bernabe shrugged, trying to repress the intuition he had about what was coming next.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Certain details of the scene are so grim she represses them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

Dubbed GENtoniK, the chemical cocktail both represses epigenetic factors that inhibit cell maturation and stimulates factors that promote it.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024

The landlocked country borders China, which human rights groups say represses religious freedom.

From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2023

Film critic Robin Wood famously argued that "the true subject of the horror genre is the struggle for recognition of all that our civilization represses and oppresses."

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023

Joan Darc, overwhelmed with terror, has fallen back upon the straw and represses her sobs.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue

As a result, population growth is repressed, curbing tax revenue and potentially squeezing credit quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“They have to repress themselves. So they want others to be repressed as well. ‘How dare you live outside of this box and have freedom of choice and a comfortable, fun, beautiful life?”

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

In the 1980s, Iraq's late ruler Saddam Hussein, who repressed the Shia population, went to war with the Islamic republic.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

You contextualize learned behavior; you contextualize trauma and things they learned that make them these repressed adults.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

And all week long he chortled with repressed delight at the officers’ club.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

“We’re not making records that are just going to go sit on the shelf — these are records we’re continually repressing all the time anyway.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

This strategy involves the central bank artificially repressing bond yields in the market.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

Beijing has been accused for years of repressing the Muslim Uyghur minority in the province, which borders Kazakhstan.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

They also exaggerate the fear that is already there, especially in characters repressing their inner demons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025

"Thanks," I said, repressing an impulse to call him down about the "brother" business.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison