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quash

[kwosh] / kwɒʃ /




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Opposition movements have been able to quash billions of dollars worth of projects this year.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Well, I’m going to quash the entire subpoena, so good luck enforcing something that doesn’t legally exist.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Student-loan scams have been operating for years, and they’ve eluded multiple efforts by regulators to quash them.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

A federal judge denied the Justice Department’s request to reconsider his decision to quash a pair of subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve, rejecting the government’s arguments in a sharply worded six-page opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Colonial governments, and later the United States, frequently deployed rangers to quash Indigenous resistance and displace Indigenous nations.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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