stricture
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Most were eventually released and told to leave the country — a stricture that many ignore, lacking the funds and desire to go home.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022
First, his urine stream had grown weak, and he worried he might have a urethral stricture.
From New York Times • May 10, 2022
This last stricture may seem iffy: After all, if Amazon can harness its trove of knowledge to develop the type of diapers that people most desire at the lowest cost, why stand in its way?
From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2021
Such a stricture has been harder for the Fed to follow as it has significantly expanded its purchases since last year to stabilize financial markets in the face of the pandemic recession.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021
I thrilled to that truth too sweet to be believed: that as I entered the Army, I should be freed in the eyes of the law—no stricture should bind me, no paper should hold me.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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