muzzle
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Hopkins wore this orange prison uniform, straitjacket and muzzle when Lecter is transported under heavy security, strapped upright to a hand truck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Deborah famously tried to muzzle Ava a few times, only to back off when she realized that by hurting her protégé, she was wounding herself.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
The gun's massive muzzle fire is visible at the 46-second mark.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
NGOs have criticised the move as an attempt to muzzle criticism of corruption.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
It had breath and claws, and it moved in an odd shambling walk, growling to itself while the spit trailed from its muzzle.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
I’m fresh out of muzzles, but I do have extra poop bags.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
After hundreds of generations of human breeding, the dogs that emerged had shorter muzzles, smaller teeth and an enormous range of sizes, from lapdogs to hulking guardians.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Columnists and other voices are being both actively censored by management and learning to quickly adapt to the boundaries imposed on them — even if those boundaries and muzzles are not explicitly communicated.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2025
They observed six of the animals licking nectar-filled flowers from as many as 30 plants, one after another—coating their muzzles in pollen in the process.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 19, 2024
Stephen and I crouch, picking up the caterpillars, which are blue-striped, and velvety and cool, like the muzzles of dogs.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
The American Pope, meanwhile, refuses to be muzzled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
“We look forward to making sure that oversight is preserved and protected and not muzzled and not unplugged or sabotaged.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
After a brief conversation through the chain link fence, Matt says he'd be happy to continue the conversation in the field, provided Doug is muzzled and under Lily's partner Hayden's control at a distance.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
Dogs registered before the ban must be neutered, muzzled in public, and kept in secure conditions.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
Just as often, however, Adams also used the correspondence to unburden himself of opinions that his muzzled status in the Senate prevented him from sharing publicly.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon last year lambasted the rule for effectively muzzling him and others in his industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Experts said such provisos still have the effect of muzzling a victim’s speech and hindering public accountability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
“I know that’s not as interesting as muzzling a comedian, but it’s so important to have a free press, and it is nuts that we aren’t paying more attention to it.”
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2025
Sophie said she felt "torn" about committing to muzzling Autumn for life under the terms of the exemption, or risk her being seized.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023
Among them were half a dozen Cossacks, and over one of these stood a riderless horse, muzzling his master's body inquisitively.
From The Boy Scouts In Russia by E. A. Furman
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