as in to crack down (on)
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West End, a residential area adjacent to the downtown core, is filled with historic homes that have endured among the area’s red-hot residential boom over the past decade or two and has become increasingly attractive to buyers looking to put down roots in a convenient, walkable location.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
24 Jan. 2025 -
United could put down Garnacho’s sale as pure profit due to Profit and Sustainability Rules, but this would prove the club isn’t serious about competing at the top of English soccer any time soon.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Council plans Hammersmith and Fulham, the local council where the trial is happening, has previously slapped down bike sharing companies for cluttering up streets, but Lime and Human Forest both operate there now.—
Nicole Kobie,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Whether or not that played into the Board of Medicine’s actions, the body slapped down the Settlement Agreement and offered a Counter Settlement Agreement, which Simmons accepted.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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The businesswoman and author, 83, revealed on Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show that she was offered the chance to host the late-night sketch comedy series shortly after serving her five-month prison sentence in Alderson Federal Prison, but that the opportunity was quashed by her parole officer.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Otherwise, the tendency for members of a group to fall in line with the leader will marginalize or completely quash alternative viewpoints.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The Times can file a motion to strike under the California anti-SLAPP statute, arguing that Baldoni is trying to silence speech protected by the First Amendment.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Once the need to gain weight started nagging, that other, restrictive noise was suddenly silenced.—
Brooke Eby,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Suppressing or repressing what happened last year can be like trying to hide a ferret in your pants.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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China grandstands about Gaza while repressing a Muslim community within its own borders.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Yes, the festival felt subdued with less star power than years past.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Feb. 2025
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Nigh was subdued and taken into custody without further incident.—
Greg Norman,
Fox News,
29 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Demographers have found little, if any, evidence that EWIs harm or suppress the employment or wages of local people.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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To keep shooting, Pasha must suppress his rage and only dares to carry out small protests — such as playing the U.S. national anthem sung by Lady Gaga — but those are enough to earn him suspicion.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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