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The success of the Women's World Cup has silenced critics who questioned expanding the tournament to 32 nations, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2023

The system only changes when it hears from the voices it has silenced.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023

In the meantime, she has silenced the beeping of the forklifts, rerouted trucks from residences and says she is trying to be a good neighbor.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2022

In their brains, he argues, “a raging primitive reward system has silenced the prefrontal cortex’s wise counsel.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021

Many an intricate negotiation has been contracted through a good-humoured proverb,—many a sarcastic one has silenced an adversary; and sometimes they have been applied on more solemn, and even tragical occasions.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac