clamp
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By the time regulators clamp down on a specific flavor of risky investing, the money has already moved elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Elfers also said it was very common for a boat engine, which does not have a closed cooling system like a car, to have a hose that pops or a hose clamp that fails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
For this study, the Yale team successfully used a dual patch clamp technique on fully intact mouse retinas.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
He has previously spoken out against measures to clamp down on illegal migration, and called the US administration's treatment of immigrants "inhuman".
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
The basket, the water bottle, the clamp for my phone, the headlamp and bell.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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They put the clamps on during the second half, when they held the Lakers to 37 points.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
And then there's old-style physical devices - steering wheel locks or even wheel clamps.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
As the government clamps down on overseas workers, migrants spoke to AFP about working in the shadows.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
Dekoda clamps to the side of a toilet bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
Molly’s heart clamps as if squeezed in a fist.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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It drives me absolutely bonkers that the industry hasn’t clamped down on it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
China, which supplies 10% of the world’s fertilizer exports, clamped down on its exports in February and tightened them further in April, contributing to the rising costs.
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
A DHS spokeswoman said Noem serves at the pleasure of the president and has successfully clamped down on inefficiencies to save billions of dollars, calling her efforts “a roaring success.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
It is not the first time the UK's ad regulator has clamped down on crypto adverts.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
Lines straightened, hands were clamped to sides, whispers ceased as those cold blue eyes swept across us.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Now, private-credit firms are clamping down on the option, known as payment in kind, or PIK.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The procedure involves the cutting and then clamping or sealing of the vas deferens, a tube on each testicle that carries sperm to the urethra.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
While the law has given many areas until 2040 to address overpumping, some local agencies have started clamping down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Instead, the father expressed outrage at the hospital for not delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
I imagined my father’s face, his dark eyes shrinking, his mouth clamping into a frown as he turned to my mother.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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