inhibited
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Its drug remdesivir, which was used to treat Covid, also inhibited the Bundibugyo strain in one lab study.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Possibly the same fear of making value judgments that has inhibited Bonnie from imposing common-sense discipline in her classroom has robbed “For Want of a Horse” of a propulsive point of view.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
The US State Department said last year that "official complicity, including at senior levels, inhibited effective law enforcement action against trafficking crimes" in Cambodia.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Hall told the BBC: "The worry will be with loose language people will feel inhibited about talking about things which are genuinely important today."
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
She was an athlete, a marble player, a pitcher of one-o’-cat, and the trappings of a girl inhibited her.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing inhibited
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Lesson 4
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"Love's Vocabulary" by Diane Ackerman
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