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clamp

[klamp] / klæmp /




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By the time regulators clamp down on a specific flavor of risky investing, the money has already moved elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Elfers also said it was very common for a boat engine, which does not have a closed cooling system like a car, to have a hose that pops or a hose clamp that fails.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

For this study, the Yale team successfully used a dual patch clamp technique on fully intact mouse retinas.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

He has previously spoken out against measures to clamp down on illegal migration, and called the US administration's treatment of immigrants "inhuman".

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

He sat in the road at noon in the best light there would be and snipped the sutures with the scissors and put the scissors back in the kit and took out the clamp.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

In the following months he bought accessories such as awning screw-in pegs for £15.98 and wheel clamps and keys for £119.98.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

The Chargers’ defense did an impressive job of putting the clamps on New England’s offense — some nifty runs by Maye notwithstanding — but the offense couldn’t turn those efforts into points.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2026

As the government clamps down on overseas workers, migrants spoke to AFP about working in the shadows.

From Barron's Dec. 19, 2025

Dekoda clamps to the side of a toilet bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 26, 2025

“Eeeck, ” cries the bird, turns her head, and clamps her hooked beak on my hand.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Sister Carren Herring asked as the Haitian man walked toward the field office, where he would reemerge from hours later with a GPS tracker clamped around an ankle.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

He took cues on how both clamped down better than anyone else in the red zone, where they each allowed opponents to convert touchdowns just 37% of the time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Thai and British authorities have clamped down on postal deliveries, though.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

In Beijing, when officials who had once sought out Western journalists gradually clamped up.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

A toddler is mid-meltdown, hands clamped over her ears, face crumpled as she cries out.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Now, private-credit firms are clamping down on the option, known as payment in kind, or PIK.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Then I found the stage and I found my voice and instead of clamping it down, I could let it out, whatever it was, wherever it came from.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

Research, however, shows that while delayed cord clamping can raise the baby’s hemoglobin levels, it does not have the same effect on vitamin K.

From Salon May 7, 2026

To test whether these filopodia function as silent synapses, the researchers used a modified patch clamping technique.

From Science Daily May 6, 2026

“Now, now,” Gary said, clamping his hand down on Jonah’s shoulder once more.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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