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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 will be held on Thursday afternoon to consider this bid to quash the warrants, with the hearing set to begin in private.

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

Whether this statement will be enough to quash the rumors that several bodies were removed from the woods an hour later, remains to be seen.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

This quashes the convictions of sub-postmasters convicted in the Horizon scandal in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

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

Critics maintain that it reinforces privilege and quashes diversity.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

Playoff realities might have eased occasional losses because only a second loss quashes the dream.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2022

Outside old Mrs. Picture's door comes a moment of irresolution, but she quashes it and goes on.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

Senior judges quashed the guilty verdict and gave the prosecution two weeks to decide if it is to seek any retrial.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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

The 63-year-old was the leader of the now-defunct Democratic Party and one of the most recognisable faces of the city's quashed pro-democracy movement.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The feds cut a deal with Morrison: in return for getting his arrest warrant for assault quashed, he would work as an informant on the Osage murder cases.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

Whether the "quashing of proceedings" by the inopportune appearance of the servant was agreeable to either party, I leave to wiser heads than mine to determine.

From An Old Sailor's Yarns by N. (Nathaniel) Ames




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