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clamp

noun as in fastener

verb as in fasten

Strongest matches

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Put the clamps on a Broncos ground game and in particular former Chargers running back J.K.

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The Las Vegas defense clamped down in that one, allowing the Patriots just 60 yards on the ground and a four-of-14 performance on third downs.

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The clamp down comes after a report earlier this year found illegal sports streaming was taking place at an "industrial scale".

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Redrawing congressional maps in the middle of the decade will be harder for the handful of blue states that have clamped down on partisan gerrymandering by handing their redistricting authority to independent commissions.

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It says it expects local authorities to "clamp down on rogue landlords" and "HMOs must be safe, well-maintained, and properly managed".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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