restrainer
Example Sentences
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Where are the supposed realists and restrainers who run this Administration?
“I don’t believe that the secretary is a card-carrying realist and restrainer,” said Mr. Ruger, whom Mr. Trump nominated in September to be his ambassador to Afghanistan.
From New York Times
When they emerge from the restrainer they are killed, instantly, as a bolt powered by compressed air shoots through the brain.
From Economist
In an experiment, researchers trapped one rat inside an uncomfortable, coffinlike restrainer with a door that could only be opened by a free-roaming rat.
From Washington Post
In an experiment, researchers trapped one rat inside an uncomfortable, coffin-like restrainer with a door that could only be opened by a free-roaming rat.
From Washington Post
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