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The lawsuit said the firm's practices had stifled competitors, and led to higher ticket prices and worse service for customers.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

Lunar New Year holiday trips inside China surged 74% from last year after authorities scrapped COVID-19 curbs that had stifled travel for three years, media reported on Saturday.

From Reuters • Jan. 28, 2023

During the trial, Ms. Spector said that her husband had stifled her singing career and threatened her into signing a 1974 divorce settlement that forfeited all future record profits.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2022

Giants starter Alex Wood had stifled the Dodgers’ best efforts, limiting them to two hits, but they finally got to the bullpen for two singles in the seventh.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2021

“Did you not open the packet?” said he, when he had stifled his laughter, which increased all the more from Mr Rawlings’ unconsciousness of having done or said anything to provoke it.

From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)