clampdown

Example Sentences

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Right before Iran's latest internet shutdown took effect on January 8, the VPN Observatory noted a 1,000-percent rise in use of Proton's VPN services over the baseline, indicating an awareness of the coming clampdown.

From Barron's

On the one hand, they cheered the clampdown on cheaper Asian imports but on the other were left wincing at the rising costs of their inputs.

From Barron's

But worries about a looming trade clampdown in the U.S. helped prices start rolling higher, HSBC’s Steel said.

From MarketWatch

"It's kind of taken the government by surprise, and so that's why they started this clampdown," he told AFP.

From Barron's

But he backed away when the regime launched its deadly clampdown, continuing to work at a state TV building where he filmed Ramadan soap operas and a morning talk show.

From The Wall Street Journal