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Stewart, who refrained from naming names in her documentary, said she had “no idea” why Peyser assumed Stewart was dissing her.

From Salon

Last month, he claimed that he refrained from prosecuting Clinton during his first term because “it would look terrible” — an implicit bow to political constraints.

Sheinbaum has largely refrained from commenting on Trump’s tariff threats, except to say that it is the U.S., as much as Mexico, that would suffer if they came to pass.

Whether Netanyahu refrained out of concern about how the Iranians would respond or whether he did so out of fear of how the Americans would react is difficult to say.

France's President Emmanuel Macron lobbied privately for a more genuinely democratic transition, but refrained from public criticism of this key ally.

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