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suppress

[suh-pres] / səˈprɛs /


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Photos displayed by Silverman in court Wednesday morning showed investigators recovered 11 air fresheners from inside the car, indicating someone was trying to suppress the strong odor coming from Hernandez’s badly decomposed remains.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Kelanic told BBC Verify that any Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea or Gulf of Aden "will suppress all international traffic not just Saudi-bound vessels".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Officials have forecast a below-normal Atlantic hurricane season this year, which runs from June 1 to November 30, because of the return of El Nino conditions that suppress hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

PDE3/4 inhibitors block specific enzymes to relax airway muscles and suppress inflammation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

I suppress the urge to roll my eyes.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Heat domes are large areas of high pressure, where sinking air suppresses development of precipitation and clouds, allowing heat to build up over days and weeks.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Similar to its injection form, the tablets contain semaglutide that works by mimicking the actions of a natural hormone called GLP-1 that suppresses appetite and slows digestion to keep you feeling fuller and less hungry.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

Instead, the surrounding gravity effectively suppresses its influence, making it appear weak.

From Science Daily Apr. 24, 2026

While it can cause unpleasant side effects like skin rashes, chemotherapy isn’t a walk in the park and suppresses the immune system, making patients susceptible to secondary infections.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

Tobias’s mouth twitches, as if in a smile, but if that’s what it was, he suppresses it.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Pyziur also noted that oil prices have been suppressed in part because China slashed its own imports of oil.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

Private security guards suppressed one protest, further sparking a succession of demonstrations.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

When used together, the compounds strongly suppressed Roseburia intestinalis and Parabacteroides merdae.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The union alleged the proposed merger is anticompetitive and would lead to fewer jobs and suppressed wages.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

She told him, with the suppressed laughter of a person impatient for the punch line of her own joke, about the telemarketer who thought that London was in France.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"The world to a lot of us is very loud, very noisy, very crowded, very bright, very smelly, and it's exhausting suppressing your response to all of this and carrying on."

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

My own published research finds that suppressing deception-related circuits in large language models makes them dramatically more likely to report conscious experience.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

"Depending on the type of fat that you consume, it can go completely different ways. We found that some fats promote cancer, as we would expect, while other fats are really good at suppressing cancer."

From Science Daily Jun. 2, 2026

Visa barriers and broader geopolitical concerns are suppressing international travel demand, the report said.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

“Good luck, Ed,” he says, suppressing his amusement.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak




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