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repress

[ri-pres] / rɪˈprɛs /


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They also tend to repress their emotions, which he said has "many negative effects, not only on the mind but also on the body."

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Mr. Klosterman views football as a martial game in which organization, rules and technology repress individuality.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

It said it will be sanctioning multiple entities, individuals and vessels to “stem the flow of revenue that the regime in Tehran uses to support terrorism abroad and repress its citizens.”

From MarketWatch Feb. 6, 2026

Like many LGBTQ+ amateur athletes, Kortuem has a nagging feeling that having to repress a part of his personality stopped him being his best - and potentially cost him sporting opportunities.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2026

He thought of Wednesday’s comment and smiled, despite himself: Shadow had heard too many people telling each other not to repress their feelings, to let their emotions out, let the pain go.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

Certain details of the scene are so grim she represses them.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

Dubbed GENtoniK, the chemical cocktail both represses epigenetic factors that inhibit cell maturation and stimulates factors that promote it.

From Science Daily Jan. 31, 2024

The landlocked country borders China, which human rights groups say represses religious freedom.

From Reuters Sep. 3, 2023

It is a totalizing system that represses human agency and offers no escape: We are “like butterflies, pinned live and wriggling onto history’s collage.”

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2023

Sometimes she represses him slightly, and anon provokes his homage.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip

While Fraser delivers an external performance as the tough American general, Scott offers a restrained, mostly tamped-down depiction of the repressed and methodical Stagg.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

But when Jamie Bell was cast as Niall, the gentler, more repressed character of the duo, he persuaded Gadd to take the role.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

Coop’s larcenous ways awaken something in him that the straight-laced corporate life had repressed.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

Inside Iran, opposition figures have been repressed and imprisoned, as was the case with jailed 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.

From Barron's Mar. 4, 2026

With a quiet motion, Calvin repressed the comment that was about to emerge from Kallner, and waited patiently.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

"By removing them and repressing their return, we're threatening our own future survival," he said.

From BBC May 25, 2026

People fed up with rolling blackouts have staged sporadic protests in recent days, banging pots and shouting slogans against the government, rare demonstrations in a country known for repressing dissent.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 22, 2026

This strategy involves the central bank artificially repressing bond yields in the market.

From MarketWatch Nov. 19, 2025

Burkina Faso's military government, which emerged from a September 2022 coup led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, has regularly been accused of repressing figures the junta considers hostile.

From Barron's Oct. 21, 2025

Or was it also about self- control, staying on top of your feelings, repressing those that got in the way of an emotionally difficult job?

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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