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suppressed

adjective as in muffled

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adjective as in silenced

adjective as in subconscious

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Kennedy said his department is closely examining the potential link between autism and vaccines, and that research on it had been actively suppressed.

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The first national railroad workers’ strike in 1877 was the beginning of industrial-era struggles between labor and capital, as Army and National Guard forces suppressed worker rebellions along rail lines.

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Every character has intriguing, suppressed triggers — crushes, past lovers, mommy issues, jealousies — that would complicate how we interpret their behavior if they weren’t hidden until the end of the film.

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A lot of the stuff I had suppressed and was taught never to talk about and stuff like that.

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After Los Angeles firefighters suppressed the Jan. 1 fire known as the Lachman fire, it continued to smolder and burn underground, “unbeknownst to anyone,” according to federal officials.

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