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Edith Bunker kind of did as she was told, stifled herself when she was ordered to do so.

But the House approved a measure last month to stifle that proposed expansion.

Just as goals galore have defined this World Cup in Brazil, so too have the men whose job it is to stifle and stop those goals.

The NY Governor has set off a right-wing firestorm, standing accused of seeking to stifle free speech and political plurality.

Good technology tends to win out over time, despite all the attempts by the old guard to stifle it.

He again turns Medicare into a voucher program, a position he had to stifle in 2012, because Romney did not approve.

It is as difficult at first to stifle the resentment of a wrong done to us as to retain it after many years.

Up the stairway shot a wavering shaft of flame; the smoke that had been rising to the vaulted dome began to sink and stifle.

We need only open our eyes to see the unworthy means employed by sacerdotal policy to stifle the dawning reason of men.

And the carpets do seem to stifle me, though you don't believe it,' declared Sarah.

But you'll not know till Christmas night; so stifle your curiosity.