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Sheinbaum said earlier that the opening match was "guaranteed," though the left-leaning leader again ruled out using police to repress the demonstrations.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

“And so it looks as though the strike campaign may be organized around trying to erode the ability of the regime to repress in those areas.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 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

Dudley gently released himself from his mother’s clutches and walked toward Harry, who had to repress an urge to threaten him with magic.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

If play is a natural expression of the child’s mind and body, anything that represses play is a hindrance to development.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

Cummings has a wider range to traverse as Arnold, whose repressed rage eventually has to find an outlet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

The uprising was repressed, leading to an exodus of two million Kurds to Iran and Turkey.

From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026

But seeing the show, in which two athletes enter a loving relationship, stirred repressed feelings.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

By convention, a Shiite Muslim has been prime minister since the fall of Saddam, who ruthlessly repressed the Shiite majority in Iraq.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

“Yeah, it was,” I said, and we finished breakfast together, communicating only through overly stern looks and repressed giggles.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

“We’re not making records that are just going to go sit on the shelf — these are records we’re continually repressing all the time anyway.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

These forces effectively run much of the economy and maintain internal order, repressing internal dissent and opposition.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

And in January, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin recommended they "consider handling cases from the perspective of repressing human trafficking".

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

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

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

I used to watch Keav fuss over her school uniform, pressing and repressing her blue pleated skirt and white shirts so they looked as crisp and new as possible.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung