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Elevated mortgage rates, now at 6.55% for 30-year fixed loans, and cautious consumers are stifling housing demand.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Some stores even staged walkouts, citing the dress code change as the last straw in a slew of new policies Starbucks that employees say are stifling and damaging their ability to properly do their jobs.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

But economists say wider reforms are needed to address long-term problems that are stifling growth.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

The accommodation huts are stifling and full of bugs.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2022

You tried to get away from the fogs that are stifling us all—away past books and houses to the truth.

From Howards End by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)