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quash

[kwosh] / kwɒʃ /




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Trend-following funds thrived in 2022, when both stocks and bonds struggled as the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates to quash rapid inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Alvarez’s intervention work primarily focused on using his gang contacts to help quash disputes and acting as a middleman between people scared to report crimes to police and law enforcement officials, according to Garcia-Leys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The High Court was told on Tuesday that the commission conceded the case last week and requested the court quash its determination before a full hearing.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

On Wednesday, Patterson's lawyers urged the judges to quash her conviction.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Colonial governments, and later the United States, frequently deployed rangers to quash Indigenous resistance and displace Indigenous nations.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

This quashes the convictions of sub-postmasters convicted in the Horizon scandal in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

Many officers have described to me problems that include “kill the messenger” management that quashes bad news, as well as dangerous supervision lapses, watered-down policing standards and policing-knowledge gaps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

The Big Apple quashes them quickly in “I Mean Business,” the show’s efficient opener.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022

“It gives me peace of mind, and it kind of quashes any buzz that may be going around.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2020

Outside old Mrs. Picture's door comes a moment of irresolution, but she quashes it and goes on.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

The issue was revived in August when the High Court quashed the commission's latest restriction because of procedural failings, without ruling that the Order had a right to march along Garvaghy Road.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The Government acknowledged errors, quashed its own approval, and the developer eventually conceded it needed to agree binding clean energy obligations with the council.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

On Tuesday, the High Court quashed a decision to impose restrictions on the annual parade at Drumcree outside Portadown.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Milwaukee’s Logan Henderson quashed the Dodgers’ offense, giving up just three hits and one run over seven innings, to give the Brewers a 6-2 win in front of an announced crowd of 45,828.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

In August, the court quashed one of the two charges under the Suppression of Communism Act.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The real-estate lobby had been successful in quashing previous efforts to tax second homes, including in 2014 and 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

For decades, corporate executives have been quashing workers’ efforts to gain a fair reward for their labor.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

Still, quashing a grand-jury subpoena is one of the rarest of judicial actions.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026

The court rejected this on July 16, saying there was "no legal basis" for quashing the warrants while the jurisdiction challenge was pending.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

The instant quashing of her purpose by their absence affected her brain as a sudden vacuum affects the body—she nearly fainted.

From The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy




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