Example Sentences

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Oversight officials this month urged the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to disband a specialized bureau they say is silencing whistleblowers, protecting favored employees and downplaying misconduct in the upper ranks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Manager Hansi Flick said it was "to convey the message that Fifa is silencing" teams.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2022

“It is silencing the LGBTQ-plus community and silencing the journalistic community,” Sara Ward, a student on the yearbook staff, told the board.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2022

Derek Carr is silencing critics and playing like an MVP candidate for the Raiders, who’ve already won twice in overtime.

From Fox News • Sep. 27, 2021

Modern agnosticism is performing this great service to Christian faith; it is silencing all rational scepticism of the a priori kind.

From Thoughts on Religion by Gore, Charles