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restrain

[ri-strayn] / rɪˈstreɪn /


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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

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

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

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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