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Higher long-term rates can restrain spending and investment, doing some of the work that Fed rate increases are intended to accomplish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The article views the litigation as a test of whether government institutions can still restrain concentrated private power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

It may also alter the immune environment around the tumor in a way that helps the immune system attack or restrain the cancer.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Carmakers have responded by offering other incentives and trying to restrain price increases.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior, nor restrain men from doing the things men have always done.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Not only is doing all this good for me physically, but it restrains my out-of-pocket medical costs and makes me better able to play with my grandkids.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

Russia’s central bank Friday lowered its key interest rate for a fifth straight meeting, but said it will continue to keep borrowing costs at a level that restrains activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

More aggressive fine print restrains other follies like the bond portfolio mismatches that undid California-based Silicon Valley Bank two years ago, says Davide Oneglia, director of European and global macro at TS Lombard.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025

And it is not just fear, fear of standing alone, that restrains you; it is also genuine uncertainty….

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025

This restrains male aggression and enables humans selectively to control the herd’s procreation.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Yet that was a restrained debate, locked into hypotheticals about how Iran might react if the country’s security was further threatened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Instead they must be restrained through policies and laws, she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Lucas could probably fill an entire museum with what he’s stored from his six “Star Wars” features, but he’s restrained himself to one gallery and one theme: vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Giving evidence from behind a screen, Botezatu, from Bucharest, said he was pushed into the fence and then restrained.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Kit looked from one to the other, from her aunt’s barely restrained tears to her uncle’s waiting judgment There is nothing I can possibly tell them, she thought, except the truth.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Some of the rules put in place following the crisis pushed a lot of activity out of the financial system, restraining growth with capital requirements and other regulations, Bowman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

US District Judge Jennifer Rochon issued a temporary restraining order, preventing the administration from creating or airing such ads for 14 days.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The latest courtroom clash comes after a temporary restraining order was granted against Seaver on Sept. 22.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

In July 2024, the county Department of Public Health’s Office of Violence Prevention issued a report with more than a dozen recommendations for reducing domestic violence homicides by improving access to restraining orders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

He spoke sharply to his daughter, who laid a restraining hand on him.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck