restraint

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“These statements were lies,” Zapata Rivera alleges in an ongoing civil rights lawsuit he filed against the ICE agent who used the carotid restraint.

From Salon

While OPEC+ output restraint and China’s strategic stockpiling may support prices, developments in Venezuela are likely to generate only short-lived volatility with little near-term impact on global supply and demand, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Russia and China, which have invested tens of billions of dollars and considerable diplomatic capital in the Maduro regime, have reacted with restraint.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the fact that Pezeshkian felt compelled on Wednesday to order security forces to show restraint will be read as a sign the government is concerned the crisis is slipping out of control.

From Barron's

After an earlier court appearance, lawyer Alan Jackson told reporters the case needed to be treated with "restraint and with dignity."

From Barron's