restrain
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Before the 2023 study, Leng and colleagues had found that Menin helps restrain inflammation in the hypothalamus.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Solicitor Gen. D. John Sauer described the new rules as “modest measures that will help prevent and restrain potential gross abuses of the mails to perpetrate a fraud on the Nation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
It “signals Treasury’s discomfort with the rise in long-term yields and should help restrain further increases in long-end yields in the near term,” they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Carmakers have responded by offering other incentives and trying to restrain price increases.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Mrs. Samsa made a movement as if she wished to restrain the broom, but didn't do it.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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Where other filmmakers would painstakingly elucidate every thematic detail to make their silly popcorn movie “say something,” Mitchell restrains himself.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ultimately, the goal is growth that is less dependent on leverage combined with regulation that restrains excess without choking activity.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
Also speaking to lawmakers, BOE Chief Economist Huw Pill said he isn’t convinced that inflation will settle at 2% if the key rate is cut to a level that no longer restrains economic activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
More aggressive fine print restrains other follies like the bond portfolio mismatches that undid California-based Silicon Valley Bank two years ago, says Davide Oneglia, director of European and global macro at TS Lombard.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
Kat restrains my hand and stoops over him.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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After the fight was over, doctors treated the injured, and one of the pilots was restrained, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Instead they must be restrained through policies and laws, she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The report says that "agents sometimes but rarely restrained their behavior due to ethical constraints".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Lucas could probably fill an entire museum with what he’s stored from his six “Star Wars” features, but he’s restrained himself to one gallery and one theme: vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
At the service’s conclusion, Roy Wilkins, the conservative executive director of the national NAACP, came to the pulpit and delivered a restrained endorsement of the Durham student protests.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Circuit held an emergency hearing in a lawsuit filed by the news outlets, and at around midnight, Judge Kelly issued a temporary restraining order to stop the White House ban for 14 days.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
A restraining order request filed against Bryan Seaver says he has been trying to shake down Parton’s estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The restraining order will be in effect for 14-days as the litigation proceeds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The request for a restraining order was filed in Nashville on Tuesday by She's Alive, which is run by Parton's longtime manager Danny Nozell.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Following close behind are soldiers restraining John, who shouts at them to leave our mother alone.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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