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

Barron’s Live: Matt McLennan and his First Eagle colleagues started the year highlighting the risks of America’s twin deficits, hyperscaler spending, and “geopolitical disequilibrium”—all forces that continue to restrain the U.S. stock market.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 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

Our area is cordoned off with a silky twisted scarlet rope, like the kind they used to have in movie theaters to restrain the customers.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood