restrain

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That's a struggle many businesses share, with Ukraine's central bank saying recently that "The difficult situation in the energy sector will continue to restrain business activity for a long time".

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

It takes a special effort to restrain yourself from touching these alluringly dimensional surfaces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

“The colonel was always trying to restrain him from speaking.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

To compensate for these weakened incentives, regulators build an extensive supervisory apparatus to restrain risk-taking.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

I had to restrain my impulse to run and bring a chair for the Messenger of Allah.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey