Example Sentences

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that G7 allies did not raise concerns with him over Venezuela and denied a CNN report that Britain had curbed intelligence sharing.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

Under an agreement signed with six major world powers, Iran had curbed its nuclear programme in return for relief from U.S.,

From Reuters • Mar. 4, 2023

“Ultimately she did get the job, so hopefully, I suppose, I had curbed their worries to some degree,” he said.

From Washington Times • May 25, 2022

Simon Emeny, boss of pub and hotel operator Fuller, Smith & Turner, told the BBC that despite "fantastic" takings on Wednesday night, social distancing restrictions had curbed profits.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2021

Her father had curbed each natural impulse, until the little originality in her withered and died; she had grown up cold and colorless, with narrow views, and petty, if quite blameless, aims.

From Prescott of Saskatchewan by Dunton, W. Herbert