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Recent Examples of clamp down
Trump has accused all three countries of not doing enough to clamp down on drugs like the opioid fentanyl entering the U.S.
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
This is a topic that dates back to September 2024 when news broke that the governing body wanted to clamp down on how much foul language was broadcast.
—Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Yet, as Attanasio continues to clamp down on spending, his team’s margin for error keeps shrinking.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
That's about six weeks of clamping down on tourism.
—The Miami Herald, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2025
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
This is a topic that dates back to September 2024 when news broke that the governing body wanted to clamp down on how much foul language was broadcast.
—Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Yet, as Attanasio continues to clamp down on spending, his team’s margin for error keeps shrinking.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
That's about six weeks of clamping down on tourism.
—The Miami Herald, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clamp down
Verb
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A number of overnight flights out of L.A. were asked to turn back three to four hours into their journeys.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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More than likely, they are caught, Helly is forced to go upstairs to turn back into Helena, and either Mark is murdered for doing such damage to Lumon’s plan (and for killing a Lumon executive), or Innie Mark essentially dies when Lumon also forces him to go upstairs.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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The switch between regenerative and friction braking during a single pedal movement can cause a vehicle's brakes to grab differently resulting in a slow or stop that is not smooth.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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New York Open Data showed that certain types of delays, such as those related to braking issues, rail and roadbed problems and service delivery, decreased on the A line from September to December.—
Nic F. Anderson,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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With that in mind, Barca did not hold back in the second leg.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Front-line employees can either supercharge their efforts through AI or hold back the value of transformation through misuse or misunderstanding.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Unopened baking soda lasts up to two years; check the expiration date on the bottom of the can.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, winter storm warnings are in place across five states this weekend, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont and New York, and residents are urged to check forecasts for more information on their local area.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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The women were arrested on child abuse charges after Ruby Franke's emaciated 12-year-old son Russell escaped through a window and knocked on a neighbor's door.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Two months later, a Canadian tourist was arrested for allegedly flying a drone over a defense installation in Florida.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Ukraine’s notorious bureaucracy, while modernizing, could still hamper foreign investments, as could a system of corruption that some experts caution has defied efforts to stamp it out.—
Howard LaFranchi,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Mar. 2025
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Certain four-digit combinations that make up a year seem to stamp themselves on my mind.—
Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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However, when one person had something negative to say, Kelce stepped in and squashed it.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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At the time, neither woman realized that Coop would be a student in Breonna’s classroom — but that revelation hasn’t squashed their chummy dynamic, either.—
Rebecca Luther,
TVLine,
17 Mar. 2025
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To tell the Blue Devils, basically, not to suppress their emotions.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Older, post-menopausal women are especially susceptible, since lower estrogen levels can lead to decreased levels of beneficial bacteria that suppress infection-causing bacteria.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Clamp down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamp%20down. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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