Thesaurus / stifle
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“I regret it, I regret it, I regret it,” she says now of her decision to stifle her voice.
WHEN FREE SPEECH CLASHES WITH KEEPING YOUR JOBKARLA MILLERJANUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWhen the Packers drafted Adams, he assumed their nearly 10-year difference in age would stifle their relationship.
ALL GREAT QBS ARE LINKED WITH GREAT RECEIVERS. AARON RODGERS FINALLY HAS HIS MATCH IN DAVANTE ADAMS.ADAM KILGOREJANUARY 15, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWe felt that the nation was really stifled in every way by the Senators from Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina.
HOW ONE ATLANTA CHURCH IMPACTED MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND INCOMING SEN. RAPHAEL WARNOCKOLIVIA B. WAXMANJANUARY 14, 2021TIMEIt clearly showed that granting any one arbiter, especially the government, the power to determine truth and falsehood holds the potential to stifle the truth in another way.
WHAT THE 1798 SEDITION ACT GOT RIGHT — AND WHAT IT MEANS TODAYKAITLYN CARTERJANUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEdith Bunker kind of did as she was told, stifled herself when she was ordered to do so.
PAT LOUD, EARLY REALITY TV STAR AS MATRIARCH ON ‘AN AMERICAN FAMILY,’ DIES AT 94EMILY LANGERJANUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThen the season-long, 48-points thrill ride of Oklahoma got stifled, 35-7, in its conference title game against Kansas State, while No.
NICK SABAN CONTINUES A STRETCH UNMATCHED IN THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALLCHUCK CULPEPPERJANUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTI am 6-foot-1 and hope to lose 10 more pounds, but my goal is not to lower the number as much as it is to maintain good health and stifle obesity for the rest of my life.
TALLYING UP A YEAR OF LOSS: A LOT OF POUNDS, TOO MANY LOVED ONES, COUNTLESS CONNECTIONSJERRY BREWERDECEMBER 27, 2020WASHINGTON POSTCritics say the move could stifle the emerging industry known as “decentralized finance” and complain that the 15-day comment period for the proposed rule—which will span the holidays—is too short.
RIPPLE SAYS IT WILL BE SUED BY THE SEC, IN WHAT THE COMPANY CALLS A PARTING SHOT AT THE CRYPTO INDUSTRYJEFFDECEMBER 22, 2020FORTUNEAdam Cohen, the company’s director of economic policy, said the search giant’s business practices reflect a desire to deliver more information to consumers — not stifle competitors.
NEARLY 40 STATES SUE GOOGLE ALLEGING SEARCH MANIPULATION, MARKING THE THIRD ANTITRUST SALVO AGAINST THE TECH GIANTTONY ROMMDECEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe Tigers’ defense has been a strength, holding opponents to about 50 points per game, and it stifled Maryland.
MARYLAND STRUGGLES FROM THE START AND IS STIFLED BY CLEMSON IN ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGEEMILY GIAMBALVODECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POSTWORDS RELATED TO STIFLE
- balking
- bottling up
- choking
- constraining
- corking
- corking up
- curbing
- deadening
- demurring
- garroting
- keeping the lid on
- muffling
- muzzling
- obstructing
- putting the lid on
- quieting
- repressing
- restraining
- shutting down
- shying
- squashing
- squelching
- stifling
- stilling
- stumbling
- suppressing
- taping up
- throttling
- tongue-tying
- adumbrated
- blot out
- buried
- cached
- camouflaged
- cloaked
- covered
- curtained
- disguised
- dissembled
- ditched
- ducked
- eclipsed
- ensconced
- harbored
- held back
- holed up
- hushed up
- kept from
- kept secret
- lay low
- locked up
- masked
- not gave away
- not told
- obscured
- planted
- protected
- put out of the way
- reserved
- salt away
- screened
- secreted
- shadowed
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- shrouded
- smuggled
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- stowed away
- suppressed
- took cover
- tucked away
- veiled
- went into hiding
- went underground
- withheld
- adumbrate
- blot out
- bury
- cache
- camouflage
- cloak
- cover
- curtain
- disguise
- dissemble
- ditch
- duck
- eclipse
- ensconce
- go into hiding
- go underground
- harbor
- hold back
- hole up
- hush up
- keep from
- keep secret
- lie low
- lock up
- mask
- not give away
- not tell
- obscure
- plant
- protect
- put out of the way
- reserve
- salt away
- screen
- secrete
- shadow
- shelter
- shield
- shroud
- smuggle
- squirrel
- stash
- stifle
- stow away
- suppress
- take cover
- tuck away
- veil
- withhold
- adumbrates
- blot out
- buries
- caches
- camouflages
- cloaks
- covers
- curtains
- disguises
- dissembles
- ditches
- ducks
- eclipses
- ensconces
- goes into hiding
- goes underground
- harbors
- holds back
- holes up
- hushes up
- keeps from
- keeps secret
- lies low
- locks up
- masks
- not gives away
- not tells
- obscures
- plants
- protects
- puts out of the way
- reserves
- salt away
- screens
- secretes
- shadows
- shelters
- shields
- shrouds
- smuggles
- squirrels
- stashes
- stifles
- stows away
- suppresses
- takes cover
- tucks away
- veils
- withholds
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