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Humanitarianism didn’t restrain Ms. Rodrigues-Birkett while celebrating 40 years of Guyanese diplomatic relations with Cuba.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The findings suggest that chronic pain may interfere with the ability of mu opioid receptors to restrain activity in locus coeruleus brain cells.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

It “signals Treasury’s discomfort with the rise in long-term yields and should help restrain further increases in long-end yields in the near term,” they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“I’m trying to restrain from a forecast of what’s going to happen, as opposed to just reading and reacting,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The other two “kings” clapped their hands over their mouths to restrain their laughter.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

Ultimately, the goal is growth that is less dependent on leverage combined with regulation that restrains excess without choking activity.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

Also speaking to lawmakers, BOE Chief Economist Huw Pill said he isn’t convinced that inflation will settle at 2% if the key rate is cut to a level that no longer restrains economic activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

More aggressive fine print restrains other follies like the bond portfolio mismatches that undid California-based Silicon Valley Bank two years ago, says Davide Oneglia, director of European and global macro at TS Lombard.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025

The order restrains the defendants from granting access to Treasury Department records containing personally identifiable or confidential information to special government employees, political appointees, and other employees from outside the department.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025

This restrains male aggression and enables humans selectively to control the herd’s procreation.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Instead they must be restrained through policies and laws, she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Lucas could probably fill an entire museum with what he’s stored from his six “Star Wars” features, but he’s restrained himself to one gallery and one theme: vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Rubner, meanwhile, took note of the lull in the earnings-report calendar, the typically restrained activity by retail investors during September and the pre-earnings blackout period that will block corporate share buybacks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

In theory, going public should be the moment when A.I. companies start talking in slightly more restrained terms so that they aren’t sitting ducks for prosecution and civil suits.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

“It was with difficulty that I restrained the impulse more than once to hurl my manuscript at his head,” Stanton later wrote about the committee chairman.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Hirst also made a restraining order which prevents McEvoy contacting the children.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The recent pickup in bond yields is further restraining economic activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

She was granted a restraining order against the singer in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Because pacing isn’t stopping, or even necessarily slowing but . . . might be restraining?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

She is tired, her face looking numb, like she has no energy to express anything, but still I can tell she is restraining herself from talking; she is letting Father do most of it.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson