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quash

[kwosh] / kwɒʃ /




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Trend-following funds thrived in 2022, when both stocks and bonds struggled as the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates to quash rapid inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

A court hearing on Thursday afternoon will be part of Mountbatten-Windsor's bid to quash the warrants.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

It was a deceptively idyllic setting for what authorities say is continued lawbreaking and peril, which authorities just can’t seem to quash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

On Wednesday, Patterson's lawyers urged the judges to quash her conviction.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

More than that, I had proof that he was sincere in his efforts to quash bullying.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

LinkedIn says it quashes more than 200,000 AI-generated spam comments every day before they go live.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Many officers have described to me problems that include “kill the messenger” management that quashes bad news, as well as dangerous supervision lapses, watered-down policing standards and policing-knowledge gaps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

He said he hoped the court reaches "the right decision and quashes the conviction" after three senior judges set his appeal for July.

From BBC ● May 3, 2023

When pressed if he’s experienced that type of idolization himself, he quashes the idea: “I’ve seen where that goes. That’s a lesson I learned the hard way, from losing a friend.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022

Which expression, translated into English means, he quashes it.

From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani

Clare buttonholed Archer and, according to his own account, the would-be candidate burst into tears and asked that the story be quashed.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

If there were any concerns McBurnie wasn't up for the fight - five years on from his last international involvement - they have been quashed in these past two games.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The issue was revived in August when the High Court quashed the commission's latest restriction because of procedural failings, without ruling that the Order had a right to march along Garvaghy Road.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Milwaukee’s Logan Henderson quashed the Dodgers’ offense, giving up just three hits and one run over seven innings, to give the Brewers a 6-2 win in front of an announced crowd of 45,828.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Min quashed that hope with his next words.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

Patterson's barrister Richard Edney said this "catastrophic" situation had "undermined the integrity of the verdicts and requires the quashing of the convictions".

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Most important, she outmaneuvered the Texas judge by quashing the subpoena itself, finding that it was an illegitimate and unconstitutional invasion of privacy.

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

The real-estate lobby had been successful in quashing previous efforts to tax second homes, including in 2014 and 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

For decades, corporate executives have been quashing workers’ efforts to gain a fair reward for their labor.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

The only hope he entertained of checking this exodus was by quashing the indictments for treason which had been found against the Mormon leaders, and by insuring them against contact with the troops.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 by Various




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