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Kieran Tierney is a terrific footballer but injuries curtail his influence.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Johnson said the bill was meant to curtail malicious records requests, which do happen, where a citizen goes after copious amounts of records just to be a jerk and cost the government time and money.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

But the reopening of the strait would ease storage constraints in the Persian Gulf that had forced countries in the region to curtail production.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

“The approval likely creates more competition in the retail market, and is likely to curtail multiples on selected exchanges,” TD Cowen analysts wrote in a Tuesday research note.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

To curtail Caesar’s annoying interrogations, Lumbly quickly unhooked the boxcar door and slid it wide.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The agency also expects that Iran will have to lower its output as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports curtails its ability to export oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

But Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said it would be wrong if Wednesday's "abhorrent" attack "curtails our civil liberties".

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

This hits the economy in two ways: boosting inflation and dampening disposable income which curtails growth.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

A wider or protracted conflict in the Middle East that curtails oil flow is certainly a risk.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

Every new tax that curtails the supply of any necessary agent must raise the price of the products and cause more or less of the tax to fall upon the consumers.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert

It severely curtailed the ability of a president to quickly remove Federal Reserve officials, and thereby exert its influence over monetary policy, and reinforced the deference due to the independence of the central bank.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Do that enough, and climate change could be curtailed without upending the world as we know it.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

The smoke has meant fewer clients and curtailed shop hours; she closed completely on two days, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

The Fed reduced the size of its reserve-management program from $40 billion per month to $10 billion, at the same time Treasury buybacks have been curtailed by about 50%.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

From that moment on, Farmer curtailed his travel within the country.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

MLS’s developmental programs are too restrictive and exclusive — they’re not developing more soccer players, they’re curtailing who can play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

One cloud on the horizon is the possible impact of rising fuel costs, which could end up curtailing Europeans' foreign travel.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

That trade involved a shift out of currencies and into gold, silver and bitcoin on worries that governments are spending more and not curtailing debt.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

The curtailing of perks, from offsites to travel, is happening against the backdrop of an artificial intelligence push that employees say seems aimed at squeezing more work out of fewer people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Poor child, she was bewildered by the many injunctions we laid upon her, and the curtailing of her freedom tried her sorely, though not a word of complaint came from her.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya