suppression
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While most commercial jets are equipped with fire suppression systems in the hold, those are primarily designed to slow a blaze, not extinguish it entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Meanwhile, the fire suppression system was inadequate and ran out of water as firefighters fought the blaze, it alleges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Babydoll dresses didn’t cause the suppression of the Epstein Files or deny justice to his victims.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
All-female Croatian band Lelek changed the tone with the powerful, folkloric harmonies of Andromeda – which addressed the suppression of women during the Ottoman Empire.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
The torus, or suppression pool, sits like a giant hollow doughnut below the reactor vessel.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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These suppressions do not occur in a vacuum.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2018
Whereas British rule in India had long been marked by violent revolts and brutal suppressions, the British Army was able to march out of the country with barely a shot fired and only seven casualties.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2015
The Forest Service and the Department of Interior can transfer money from other programs once their fire suppressions accounts have been depleted.
From US News ● May 5, 2015
And there were a remarkable range of those as well: dark pageboy, brown mullet, reddish bob — all heroic suppressions, in the cause of art, of her natural blondness.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2010
He seems to carry the weight of those suppressions on his conscience.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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